The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs Celia Karmpien It was the girls' weekend

It was the girls' weekend they'd live to regret

and furious reckoning

But when they find themselves being stonewalled by the most unlikely of forces

to-do lists

Monique is not exactly on top of the world

The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs Celia Karmpien It was the girls' weekend"When Tsar Nicholas II fell from power in 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to social unrest. Though Nicholas's life is often described as tragic, it was not fate that doomed the Romanovs it was poor leadership and a blinkered faith in autocracy. Based on a trove of archival discoveries, [this book] narrates how Nicholas's resistance to reform doomed the monarchy. Encompassing the captivating personalities of the era