Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, his wife, Empress Alexandra and their five children (clockwise from left), Maria, Olga, Tatiana, Anastasia...

My New Year’s Resolution for 2018 is to read a book (or listen to an unabridged audiobook) every day: 365 books by December 31. I will...

My New Year’s Resolution for 2018 is to read a book (or listen to an unabridged audiobook) every day: 365 books by December 31. I will...

My New Year’s Resolution for 2018 is to read a book (or listen to an unabridged audiobook) every day: 365 books by December 31. I will...

Two new volumes of Maria’s letters and diaries,1913 Diary of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna: Complete Tercentennial Journal of the Third...

“Boadicea Haranguing the Britons” by John Opie In the Fall of 2017, I will be teaching an eight week course about the history of Women in...

19th century portrait of Peter the Great interrogating his son, Alexei My new book, Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting, is...

Maria Bockareva, who issued a call to arms for Russian women in May 1917 The May article in my Russian Revolution series in Smithsonian...

Prince Georgy Lvov, 1st Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government in 1917 The April 1917 article in my monthly Smithsonian...

Click here to read “6 must-reads for the royal obsessed from expert and author Carolyn Harris” at CBC Books

Czar Nicholas II under guard after his abdication in 1917 The March article in my monthly series for Smithsonian Magazine about the...

Skobelev Square during the February Revolution by Aleksandr Gerasimov, 1917 My latest article in my monthly Russian Revolution series in...

Peter the Great in 1698 In March, April and May 2017, I will be teaching one of my most popular courses at the University of Toronto...

Czar Nicholas II, his wife Empress Alexandra and their five children in 1915 The 3rd article in my Russian Revolution series in...

My course about Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution begins at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies on January...

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (standing at the right) with Rasputin, her children (top left to right: Anastasia, Alexei and Olga; bottom...

The Russian Imperial family in 1913, four years before the abdication of Czar Nicholas II. My new monthly column in Smithsonian Magazine...

When Michael Hirst wrote the screenplay for the Showtimes series, The Tudors, he was fascinated by King Henry VIII’s lifelong friend and...

Grand Duchess Tatiana, the second of the four daughters of Czar Nicholas II of Russia and Empress Alexandra, was murdered alongside her...

The most famous figures from the Romanov dynasty, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and Nicholas II are well known and have been the...