Acclaim for The Fate of the Romanovs "A startlingly revisionist history of the last months of the Imperial family that compellingly destroys the tired old romantic clichés." -Financial Times "The Fate of the Romanovs is both encyclopaedic and compelling." -Evening Standard "This book is sure to become the standard for which all future books on the Romanovs will be based." -Marlene Eilers, author of Queen Victoria's Descendants and publisher of Royal Book News Based on a careful analysis of more than 500 previously unpublished archival documents, The Fate of the Romanovs shatters the mythology surrounding the murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family in 1918 to present the most extensively researched and current examination of one of the twentieth century's most gruesome and controversial events.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword. Cast of Characters. Introduction. Authors' Note. 1. The Ruin of an Empire. 2. A Traitor to the Revolution. 3. The House of Special Purpose. 4. "It Was Dreadful, What They Did ..." 5. The Seventy-eight Days. 6. Russia in Chaos. 7. The First to Die. 8. The June Conspiracies. 9. "A Happy Hour with the Grandest People in the World". 10. The Coming Storm: Enter Yurovsky. 11. Murderous Intentions. 12. Gotterdammerung. 13. The Four Brothers. 14. Aftermath. 15. The Investigations. 16. "Holy Relics of Our Saints". 17. Unearthing the Past. 18. "An Unknown Grave from the Soviet Period". 19. Bones of Contention. 20. "It's All Secret, All Political". 21. The Secret of Koptyaki Forest. 22. "Drowned in This Mist of Holiness". Epilogue. Appendix 1: Ekaterinburg Guards. Appendix 2: Inventory of Romanov Possessions in Ekaterinburg. Appendix 3: The Romanovs' Jewels. Acknowledgments. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
