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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Letters - Ep. 1

Nicholas and Alexandra: The Letters

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Historian Suzannah Lipscomb explores Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra's story through their own letters, which were politically damning, sexually intimate, personally revealing - and written in English. The first episode reveals the obstacles the royal couple first faced.
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Jan 05, 2021
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