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- Birth nameRobert Kinloch Massie III
- Robert K. Massie was born on January 5, 1929 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. He was a writer, known for Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Peter the Great (1986) and History's Mysteries (1998). He was married to Deborah L. Karl and Suzanne Massie. He died on December 2, 2019 in Irvington, New York, USA.
- SpousesDeborah L. Karl(1992 - December 2, 2019) (his death, 1 child)Suzanne Massie(December 18, 1954 - 1990) (divorced, 3 children)
- ChildrenBob Massie
- Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in biography: Peter the Great: His Life and World.
- Children: with first wife: Christopher; with second wife: Robert Susanna, Elizabeth.
- He earned a bachelor's degree in American studies from Yale University and received a Rhodes scholarship.
- His first job in journalism was doing research for political journalist Theodore H. White at Collier's magazine. He was a book reviewer for Newsweek and wrote for the Saturday Evening Post before becoming a freelance writer.
- He served in the US Navy during the Korean War.
- One of the things that really bothers me is that Americans don't have any sense of history. The majority of Americans don't have any idea of where we've come from, so they naturally succumb to the kind of cliche version that Ronald Reagan represented.
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