I did not do any research on this book and purchased it thinking it was a biography. I was lucky - it is fiction; very good, entertaining fiction. Once I started I could not put it down. It follows the "nanny" of the Romanov children who has a gem stone eye. She does not age and spends years ...
I've always had a fascination with the Romanovs and their sad ending. This book is pure fiction and, whileI found it interesting, I didn't care for all the mysticism and switching between past and present. I usually have no problem with time switches, but I didn't think these were handled very ...