Rappaport uses a compilation of firsthand and secondhand accounts to weave what was both going on in the house that the Romanovs would eventually die in, as well as the external support and efforts to try and get them out of there. This was a really painful read, especially if you’re probably reading this, you know how it’s going to end. If I had read this one cold, I wouldn’t have felt as emotional about their fate than I did when I read the other book first. I’m really glad I read that one before this one, because it really added to the emotional gravity of their last days since I understand the sisters and the relationship to each other and their mother a lot more. I picked this book up after reading Rappaport’s other book about the Romanov daughters, The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra.
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