| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xii, 254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"First published in Great Britain as Ekaterinburg: the last days of the Romanovs by Hutchinson, an imprint of The Random House Group Limited" -- T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [228]-242) and index. |
| Summary |
A brilliant account of the political forces swirling through the remote Urals town of Ekaterinburg at the bitter end of the First World War. Challenges the view that the deaths of the Romanovs were a unilateral act by a maverick group of Bolsheviks, and identifies a chain of command that stretches to Moscow--and to Lenin himself. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Red Urals -- Behind the palisade -- 'The dark gentleman' -- The man with a cigarette -- The woman in a wheelchair -- Girls in white dresses -- The boy in the sailor suit -- The good doctor -- 'Our poor Russia' -- 'Everything is the same' -- 'What is to be done with Nicholas?' -- 'Absolutely no news from outside' -- 'Something has happened to them in there' -- 'Ordinary people like us' -- The house of special purpose -- 'The will of the revolution' -- 'The world will never know what we did to them' -- Epilogue: the scent of lilies. |
| Subject |
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 -- Family.
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Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 -- Assassination.
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Emperors -- Russia -- Biography.
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Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917.
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| Added Author |
Rappaport, Helen.
Ekaterinburg.
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| ISBN |
9780312379766 |
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0312379765 |
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