I hate it when people say this. I always look them in the eyes and say "Those who do not know history are destined to repeat it." I believe this is one of the reasons Robert K.. Massie decided to write this book was to educated people on what happened to The Last Tsar of Russia so that nothing like what happened to his family happens to any other royal or normal family again. It also shows what people do when they don't like what their government is doing. This book also gave some insight on the genetic disease hemophilia.
I do not believe that there was a message in the book. It was a very straight forward, if a little different, history book. It tells you what happened and gives you the knowledge to not let it happen again. It may not have a message but it helps us learn as all books do.
<---- This is the quote I live by and the person who said it.
