The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar

Drawing from decades of work, travel, and research in Russia, Robert Alexander re-creates the tragic, perennially fascinating story of the final days of Nicholas and Alexandra as seen through the eyes of the Romanovs' young kitchen boy, Leonka. Now an ancient Russian immigrant, Leonka claims to be the last living witness to the Romanovs' brutal murders and sets down the dark secrets of his past with the imperial family. Does he hold the key to the many questions surrounding the family's murder? ...

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Eldorado82
30 ноября 2024
Echoes of the Ipatyev house.
This book offers a unique, fictionalized account about one of the darkest tragedies in Russian history. The book is written after lots of studies and investigations which were made by the author, and it feels troughout the book with deepest understanding of Russian spirit and culture. The book is like a mixture of historical fact and great fiction, vowen together in one of the best blends of this writing style. It contains very humanized, should I say intimate description of the Royal Martyrs. Intriguing, pulling the reader into maze of betrayals, guilts and a great plot twist. It is a very thoughts-provoking piece of historical fictions. I advise this book both for history fans, people that learn about the last Russian Czar and in general, for everyone that wishes to understand what was THEN and what we have NOW,
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