The Fall of the Romanovs: Political Dreams and Personal Struggles in a Time of Revolution (Annals of Communism)

by Elizabeth Tucker, Vladimir M. Khrustalev, Mark D. Steinberg

Release Date: April, 1997

Edition: Paperback

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An incredible work

It is difficult to express the debt of gratitude that it owed to the authors of this book. For all too long an America scholar should have cast a critical eye on the Soviet files regarding the story the Soviet regime wanted the world to believe. A healthy dose of realism and - if you read between the lines - skepticism was echoed in the writing and analysis. Steinberg scrutunized his findings with a view to the historical record he would leave behind.

He has accomplished a much needed task for those of us who value scholarship not sensationalism. And the effort is a much needed addition to any Romanov library. My edition has so many dog-earred pages and has been so used that the spine is lovingly weakened from use.

I shall buy another.

HORRID READ!

This book is absolutely horrible. The photos are mislabeled (Olga and Maria as Alexandra?!) and there's nothing new and interesting. I don't think it deserves even one star.