“The Last Tsar” is filled with revelations and fresh insights. Nicholas II was ... illegal abdication to his brother Mikhail rather than to the rightful heir, 12-year-old Alexei, with Mikhail ...

John Tenniel. Cartoon. Punch. March 11, 1855 After Czar Nicholas I died on March 2, 1855, his son, Alexander II, succeeded him on the throne. Here Alexander is shown inheriting the war started by his ...