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Robert K. Massie

Robert K. Massie was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and studied American history at Yale and European history at Oxford, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He was president of the Authors Guild from 1987 to 1991. His books include Nicholas and Alexandra; Peter the Great: His Life and World (for which he won a Pulitzer Prize for biography); The Romanovs: The Final Chapter; Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War; Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea; and Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman.
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Dreadnought
Castles of Steel
Nicholas and Alexandra
The Romanovs: The Final Chapter
Peter the Great: His Life and World

Books

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Dreadnought
Castles of Steel
Nicholas and Alexandra
The Romanovs: The Final Chapter
Peter the Great: His Life and World

Robert K. Massie: 1929 – 2019

Robert K. Massie, a Pulitzer Prize–winning writer and biographer who is best known for chronicling the history of Russia through his insightful books on its most fascinating and consequential figures, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2019, at age 90. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Massie studied American history at Yale and European history at

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