The Romanovs

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In July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow mass grave near Ekaterinburg, Siberia, a few miles from the infamous cellar room where the last tsar and his family had been murdered seventy three years before But were these the bones of the Romanovs And if these were their remains, where were the bones of the two younger Romanovs supposedly murdered with the rest of the family Was Anna Anderson, celebrated for than sixty years in newspapers, books, and film, really Grand Duchess Anastasia The Romanovs provides the answers, describing in suspenseful detail the dramatic efforts to discover the truth Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K Massie presents a colorful panorama of contemporary characters, illuminating the major scientific dispute between Russian experts and a team of Americans, whose findings, along with those of DNA scientists from Russia, America, and Great Britain, all contributed to solving one of the great mysteries of the twentieth century. 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Massie – kino-fada.fr Edit 5th Nov 2017 At the end of my review I have inserted a link given to me by Jan MaatAt midnight, Yakov Yurovsky, the leader of the executioners, came up the stairs to awaken the familyThus begins Robert K Massie s very interesting and well researched account of the infamous murders of the Romanov family, Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra as well as their son and four daughters in the cellar of a house in Ekaterinburg, Russia in the early hours of the 17th July, ...I have sad news Anastasia is dead Long dead She died back in 1918 in a basement with her family I am now convinced of this Despite all the movies and claimants, she did not survive and escape Meaning there is no hidden princess out there in the world No unassuming person about to be uncovered and lavished with luxuries Evencrushing, the probability that I am in fact a hidden princess is greatly diminished My ten year old self is devastated In fifth grade, we had to script and act I have sad news Anastasia is dead Long dead She died back in 1918 in a basement with her family I am now convinced of this Despite all the movies and claimants, she did not survive and escape Meaning there is no hidden princess out there in the world No unassuming person about to be uncovered and lavished with luxuries Evencrushing, the probability that I am in fact a hidden princess i...Very, very good, although I must say, having read Nicholas and Alexandra previously was of immense help and is probably the best way to go about reading this.Roused from their beds at midnight, the bleary Imperial family is told they must move to the lower floors of the home in which they have been imprisoned There is worry the local unrest will result in gunfire there is a danger of stray bullets penetrating the quarters upstairs They rise They dress It all makes an inconvenient sort of sense They have heard the rumblings of artillery in the distance And so they calmly descend to a dingy basement room where they are instructed to arrange them Roused from their beds at midnight, the bleary Imperial family is told they must move to the lower floors of the home in which they have been imprisoned There is worry the local unrest will result in gunfire there is a danger of stray bullets penetrating the quarters upstairs They rise They dress It all makes an inconvenient sort of sense They have heard the rumblings of artillery in the distance And so they calmly descend to a dingy basement room where they are instructed to arrange themselves for a quick photograph Ru...This book is a departure for Robert Massie who has produced some extraordinarily readable research on the Romanovs The book is history his forte but it is also journalism and a discussion of forensic science and law.As a history buff, the beginning and ending parts were of most interest to me Massie starts with a careful documentation of the murders of the Tsar and his family and how the news was managed by the Russian revolutionaries The end deals with fate of other branches of the Romanov This book is a departure for Robert Massie who has produced some extraordinarily readable research on the Romanovs The book is history his forte but it is also journalism and a discussion of forensic science and law.As a history buff, the beginning and ending parts were of most interest to me Massie starts with a careful documentation of the murde... The Romanovs The Final Chapter reads like an elegy and a true crime novel It is, by turns, both darkly horrific and deeply moving It s also a really great supplement to Nicholas and Alexandra I read the latter over the holidays and was completely swept away Robert K Massie has an uncanny talent for making 500 pages of pre Revolutionary Russian history just fly by In fact, he s become one of my favorite biographers The Romanovs The Final Chapter is no different It takes place shortly a The R...I had hoped that this book would give an intimate look at the last days of the family and just how they got to where they were before they were killed The book did cover this very briefly, but mostly it focused on the aftermath, of finding the bones in the grave, of debunking the imposters, petty turf wars among the scientific community in their search for the truth, and petty disagreements of the remaining family members of just who is really the head of the family now that the original fami I had hoped that this book would give an intimate look at the last days of the family and just how they got to where they were before they were killed The book did cover this very briefly, but mostly it focused on th...I found myself disappointed in this book I probably would ve been better off to have read Nicholas Alexandra first I appreciated the amount of time put into the detail of the forensic research What I didn t lik...I have been an avid reader of anything having to do with the Romanov family for years When I discovered this book, I must say I was ecstatic to finally see some scientific evidence pertaining to the tragic fall of the Last Tsar and his family Yes That is exactly what this book provides It describes years and years of research and archaeological work done in Russia both through historical documents and field work done in the supposed burial sites of the Romanov bodies The evidence found is f I have been an avid reader of anything having to do with the Romanov fa..., , ,, , , ,, Nicholas and Alexandra

The Romanovs
  • English
  • 03 August 2017
  • Paperback
  • 320 pages
  • 0345406400
  • Robert K. Massie
  • The Romanovs