7 history books worth checking out in 2011

6. Romanov Riches, by Solomon Volkov

"Romanov Riches: Russian Writers and Artists Under the Tsars," by Solomon Volkov (Knopf Doubleday, 304 pp.) Award-winning writer Solomon Volkov traces the complex relationship between art and the Russian royal family, beginning with the rise of the Romanovs in 1613 on through their downfall in 1917. (February)

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