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Massie, whose own son suffers from hemophilia, was drawn to this study by the fact that the tsarevich alexis was the victim of the. Nicholass political naivete, alexandras obsession with the corrupt mystic rasputin, and little alexiss brave struggle with hemophilia. Why is the author sleeping on the floor in the diary 24. How can we include others and celebrate difference without putting us all under intolerable strain.