The race to save the Romanovs : the truth behind the secret plans to rescue Russia's imperial family /
by Rappaport, Helen.
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BookPublisher: London : Hutchinson, 2018Description: xxviii, 372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781786331045 (hbk.) :; 1786331047 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 947.083 RAPSubject(s): Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 -- Family | Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 -- Imprisonment | Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 -- Assassination | Romanov, House of | History | History | Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917Summary: Ground-breaking, gripping and evocative, 'The Race to Save the Romanovs' is major new work of investigative history that will completely change the way in which we see the Romanov story. Finally, here is the truth about the secret plans to rescue Russia's last imperial family. 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 in a blaze of bullets. On the 100-year-anniversary of these brutal murders, historian Helen Rappaport sets out to uncover exactly why the Romanovs' European royal relatives and the Allied governments all failed to get them out of Russia to safety.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 947.083 RAP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 02/11/2024 | 002958412X |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ground-breaking, gripping and evocative, 'The Race to Save the Romanovs' is major new work of investigative history that will completely change the way in which we see the Romanov story. Finally, here is the truth about the secret plans to rescue Russia's last imperial family. 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 in a blaze of bullets. On the 100-year-anniversary of these brutal murders, historian Helen Rappaport sets out to uncover exactly why the Romanovs' European royal relatives and the Allied governments all failed to get them out of Russia to safety.
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