On Monday, the Seminary Co-Op Bookstore welcomed British historian and critically acclaimed author Simon Sebag Montefiore to discuss his new book, The Romanovs: 1613–1918. Alexander Herbert, a Ph.D.

Season five of "The Crown" depicts in horrifying detail the deaths of the Russian royal family. The Romanovs were executed in 1918 after Bolshevik revolutionaries toppled the monarchy. Here's what the ...

Fabergé is believed to have produced 50 of the ornate eggs for Russia’s czars. The Winter Egg, sold on Tuesday, is considered one of the jewelry house’s greatest creations. By Jin Yu Young The last ...

With the BBC's depiction of the Russian Empire in its adaptation of War and Peace fresh off TV screens, Moscow is preparing its own historical saga—with an unlikely inspiration. Russian producers are ...

Simon Sebag Montefiore's The Romanovs: 1613-1918 poses some initial challenges for the general reader, for whom it's written. At 784 pages (including appendices, maps and illustrations), and covering ...

The benefits of reading nonfiction for middle-grade students are numerous. Nonfiction can encourage reading by tapping into the reader's area of interest. Factual books can also build background ...

Episode six of the latest season of "The Crown" opens with a different royal family than the one viewers have grown accustomed to seeing over the past five seasons. In a flashback to the early 20th ...