1st Edition
The Many Deaths of Tsar Nicholas II Relics, Remains and the Romanovs
By Wendy Slater
Copyright 2007
208 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
204 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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How did Nicholas II, Russia’s last Tsar, meet his death? Shot point blank in a bungled execution by radical Bolsheviks in the Urals, Nicholas and his family disappeared from history in the Soviet era. But in the 1970s, a local geologist and a crime fiction writer discovered the location of their clandestine mass grave, and secretly removed three skulls, before reburying them, afraid of the... Read more
1. Cruel Necessity 2. True Crime 3. The Many Deaths of Nicholas II 4. Gothic Horror 5. False Alexeis 6. Tsar Martyr 7. Family Portraits. Conclusion: Miscalculating History
Biography
Wendy Slater taught Russian history at the University of Cambridge and the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, until 2003. She is deputy editor of The Annual Register and writes regularly on Russian affairs for Keesing’s Record of World Events.
'This book is both a careful retelling of the story of the deaths and rediscovery of Russia's royal family and a series of interesting essays on the myths surrounding them. As such, it is to be thoroughly recommended' - Beryl Williams, University of Sussex, Revolutionary Russia, 2008
