On 17 July 1918, the whole of the Russian Imperial Family was murdered. There were no miraculous escapes. The former Tsar Nicholas, his wife Alexandra, and their children — Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexey — were all tragically gunned down. These brutal murders horrified the world and marked the end of a dynasty that had ruled Russia for more than 300 years. In this revelatory work, Helen Rappaport sets out to uncover why the Romanovs' royal relatives and the Allied governments of Europe failed to save them.
Through countless twists and turns, Rappaport reveals fierce loyalties, Eider rivalries and devastating betrayals as the Romanovs, imprisoned, awaited their fate.
