Nicholas and Alexandra: The Letters

Ever since their brutal murders one hundred years ago, the world has been fascinated by Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, the Empress Alexandra. Through the couple's politically damning, sexually intimate and personally revealing letters, this dramatized documentary, presented by historian Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb, explores Nicholas and Alexandra's complex romance and family intrigues.

Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra's personal letters tell of their affection, their delusions, but above all, the road to Russian revolution. From their total isolation to their political ineptitude and reliance on Rasputin, this private correspondence chronicles their disastrous leadership. And as the revolution took hold, widespread blame for the country's woes was aimed solely at the royal family.