Being interested in Russian history, I was very excited to read this. Most of what I had previously read about this time period was from the revolutionary perspectives of Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin. What I enjoyed most about this was how seamlessly the author wove the stories of the Imperial Fami...
Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It condensed the Romanov saga to the last two weeks and built a lot of tension to the foregone conclusion. I'm by no means an expert on this period in history. It was very readable, cinematic in scope and horrifying at the end. I'd recommend it!I was a bi...
Helen Rappaport's first book on the Romanov family is an intense yet bittersweet read. We all know how the story will end. The tragedy of the last Imperial Family of Russia is well known to nearly everyone; however, Ms. Rappaport manages to make the story personal. We meet the family and travel a...
He was 63, and like everybody in the Ipatiev House he was becoming increasingly tired and disconsolate. His kidney problem had flared up at the end of June, laying him low for days. The pain had been so bad that Tatiana had given him an injection of the family’s precious supply of morphine. He ha...
It would be their first proper official trip abroad, apart from private family visits to Uncle Ernie at Darmstadt and Wolfsgarten. Crossing the North Sea, the Shtandart encountered strong winds from the south and the water was very choppy. All the children were seasick, and many of the entourage ...