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...