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'Perhaps the most accurate depiction of the demise of Nicholas and Alexandra that I've read. Beautifully researched and written...'
--Robert Alexander, author of THE ROMANOV BRIDE
--Robert Alexander, author of THE ROMANOV BRIDE
Dr Harry Shukman, Emeritus Fellow of Modern Russian History, St Antony's College Oxford
'Utterly absorbing, a really good read, sensitive and balanced and surely the definitive last word on the subject'
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
A fascinating book that could really be the last words on the final days of the Last Imperial Family
9 Jan 2009
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have just finished your book and I can not say how much I enjoyed it. One feels strangely saying so as it is a sad story by all means.
I have lots of books on the Romanovs and I was quite hesitant to buy another one. What can be possibly new about the whole subject?
But I have to admit that this excellent book gave me a new inside and you were able to separate the political side of things, from the human dimension. There is no romantic or religious vision of the final days. It is not written with a hidden agenda of glorifying the last Imperial Family. It clearly separates the politcial story that led to the downfall of the dynasty and the the human tragedy.
Helen Rappaport did not write the story - as it is ever so often - from the end. I appreciated very much how she showed the different personalities of the Imperial family and how they coped with the new situation. The personality of Alexandra, her illnesses, the illness of the Heir and how this effected all of the family long before the fall of the dynasty. The view that the isolation of the family during their reign found a sort of continuation during the confinement, but without the demands of the rule, and were partly at least from the Czar "welcome" is indeed very convincing. Her final comments hid a nerve with me. On top, I just like Helen Rappaport's style of writing.
All in all, I enjoyed this book immensely, it is fascianting, well written and gives the reader much stuff for further thought. I can only recommend this book!
I have lots of books on the Romanovs and I was quite hesitant to buy another one. What can be possibly new about the whole subject?
But I have to admit that this excellent book gave me a new inside and you were able to separate the political side of things, from the human dimension. There is no romantic or religious vision of the final days. It is not written with a hidden agenda of glorifying the last Imperial Family. It clearly separates the politcial story that led to the downfall of the dynasty and the the human tragedy.
Helen Rappaport did not write the story - as it is ever so often - from the end. I appreciated very much how she showed the different personalities of the Imperial family and how they coped with the new situation. The personality of Alexandra, her illnesses, the illness of the Heir and how this effected all of the family long before the fall of the dynasty. The view that the isolation of the family during their reign found a sort of continuation during the confinement, but without the demands of the rule, and were partly at least from the Czar "welcome" is indeed very convincing. Her final comments hid a nerve with me. On top, I just like Helen Rappaport's style of writing.
All in all, I enjoyed this book immensely, it is fascianting, well written and gives the reader much stuff for further thought. I can only recommend this book!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Using her extensive research of diaries, letters and eyewitness accounts, Helen Rappaport draws together the strands of this story to write an utterly compelling account of the last days of the Imperial Family.
Set against the backdrop of war, revolution, and factional fighting amongst the Bolsheviks she explains how, after the Tsar's abdication, the Imperial family finally come to be imprisoned in the Impatiev House in Ekaterinburg, chillingly referred to as The House of Special Purpose. The house which has been turned into a prison, shut off from the outside world by a wooden palisade.
Helen really conveys the feeling of doom as the Tsar, the Tsaritsa and their daughter Maria enter the house on April 30th 1918, the other children following later when Alexy, the Tsarevich, has recovered from an attack of haemophilia. She describes how, for the next few weeks, the family and their servants endure the stifling heat, the oppressive atmosphere and lack of privacy of their apartment, cut off from the outside world, the windows sealed shut and whitewashed over.
She draws such intimate and detailed portraits of Nicholas, Alexandra and the children, that the family come vividly to life as they cope with their confinement. The Tsar resigned, Alexandra in constant pain, comforted by her daughters and her strong orthodox faith. The four Grand Duchesses, as they learn to wash their clothes, scrub floors and bake bread. Serious Olga, practical Tatiana, caring Maria and mischievous Anastasia, and Alexy, their brother, frail and sickly, playing soldiers with the kitchen boy Leonid Sednev.
The arrival of a new commandant Yakov Yurovsky on July 4th heralds a much harsher regime for the prisoners. The sense of foreboding intensifies in the house. Yurovsky's purpose is to arrange and carry out the efficient and secret liquidation of the Romanov family. The tension builds as the night chosen for the murders arrives and Yurovsky's meticulous plans begin to unravel. The subsequent horrific and botched killings in the cellar are gut wrenching and deeply shocking. The bungled efforts of the killers to dispose of the bodies, if not so tragic could be considered almost farcical.
Leaving aside the politics of the Tsar's disastrous reign, Helen has concentrated on this story of the Imperial family who were brutally murdered with the consent of Moscow, an act which was to be repeated all over Russia in the following years resulting in the death of millions of people. A terror outstripping any of the atrocities perpetrated during the Romanov reign.
Helen Rappaport has written a very powerful and moving book, which I recommend unreservedly.
Set against the backdrop of war, revolution, and factional fighting amongst the Bolsheviks she explains how, after the Tsar's abdication, the Imperial family finally come to be imprisoned in the Impatiev House in Ekaterinburg, chillingly referred to as The House of Special Purpose. The house which has been turned into a prison, shut off from the outside world by a wooden palisade.
Helen really conveys the feeling of doom as the Tsar, the Tsaritsa and their daughter Maria enter the house on April 30th 1918, the other children following later when Alexy, the Tsarevich, has recovered from an attack of haemophilia. She describes how, for the next few weeks, the family and their servants endure the stifling heat, the oppressive atmosphere and lack of privacy of their apartment, cut off from the outside world, the windows sealed shut and whitewashed over.
She draws such intimate and detailed portraits of Nicholas, Alexandra and the children, that the family come vividly to life as they cope with their confinement. The Tsar resigned, Alexandra in constant pain, comforted by her daughters and her strong orthodox faith. The four Grand Duchesses, as they learn to wash their clothes, scrub floors and bake bread. Serious Olga, practical Tatiana, caring Maria and mischievous Anastasia, and Alexy, their brother, frail and sickly, playing soldiers with the kitchen boy Leonid Sednev.
The arrival of a new commandant Yakov Yurovsky on July 4th heralds a much harsher regime for the prisoners. The sense of foreboding intensifies in the house. Yurovsky's purpose is to arrange and carry out the efficient and secret liquidation of the Romanov family. The tension builds as the night chosen for the murders arrives and Yurovsky's meticulous plans begin to unravel. The subsequent horrific and botched killings in the cellar are gut wrenching and deeply shocking. The bungled efforts of the killers to dispose of the bodies, if not so tragic could be considered almost farcical.
Leaving aside the politics of the Tsar's disastrous reign, Helen has concentrated on this story of the Imperial family who were brutally murdered with the consent of Moscow, an act which was to be repeated all over Russia in the following years resulting in the death of millions of people. A terror outstripping any of the atrocities perpetrated during the Romanov reign.
Helen Rappaport has written a very powerful and moving book, which I recommend unreservedly.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
A fascinating book that could really be the last words on the final days of the Last Imperial Family
30 Jun 2008
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have just finished your book and I can not say how much I enjoyed it. One feels strangely saying so as it is a sad story by any means.
I have lots of books on the Romanovs and I was quite hesitant to buy another one. What can be possibly new about the whole subject?
But I have to admit that this excellent book gave me a new inside and you were able to separate the political side of things, from the human dimension. There is no romantic or religious vision of the final days. It is not written with a hidden agenda of glorifying the last Imperial Family. It clearly separates the politcial story that led to the downfall of the dynasty and the the human tragedy.
Helen Rappaport did not write the story - as it is ever so often - from the end. I appreciated very much how she showed the different personalities of the Imperial family and how they coped with the new situation. The personality of Alexandra, her illnesses, the illness of the Heir and how this effected all of the family long before the fall of the dynasty. The view that the isolation of the family during their reign found a sort of continuation during the confinement, but without the demands of the rule, and were partly at least from the Czar "welcome" is indeed very convincing. Her final comments hid a nerve with me. On top, I just like Helen Rappaport's style of writing.
All in all, I enjoyed this book immensely, it is fascianting, well written and gives the reader much stuff for further thought. I can only recommend this book!
I have lots of books on the Romanovs and I was quite hesitant to buy another one. What can be possibly new about the whole subject?
But I have to admit that this excellent book gave me a new inside and you were able to separate the political side of things, from the human dimension. There is no romantic or religious vision of the final days. It is not written with a hidden agenda of glorifying the last Imperial Family. It clearly separates the politcial story that led to the downfall of the dynasty and the the human tragedy.
Helen Rappaport did not write the story - as it is ever so often - from the end. I appreciated very much how she showed the different personalities of the Imperial family and how they coped with the new situation. The personality of Alexandra, her illnesses, the illness of the Heir and how this effected all of the family long before the fall of the dynasty. The view that the isolation of the family during their reign found a sort of continuation during the confinement, but without the demands of the rule, and were partly at least from the Czar "welcome" is indeed very convincing. Her final comments hid a nerve with me. On top, I just like Helen Rappaport's style of writing.
All in all, I enjoyed this book immensely, it is fascianting, well written and gives the reader much stuff for further thought. I can only recommend this book!
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A history written as beautifully as a novel
A history written as beautifully as a novel. Compelling, informative and moving.
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Published 4 months ago by Juliet Foster
Shocked and disappointed
I think this book is badly written. It abounds in cliches and useless information. We are told at least twice that the tsar was balding, neither relevant nor interesting for a... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Saltand vinegar
History comes alice
This is a great read. It makes history come alive. A super author and I am looking forward to reading her other books
Published 9 months ago by B. Brown
A marvellous surprise - worthy of 6 stars
I purchased this book recently, as I am trying to improve my knowledge of the Romanovs, and after receiving it wondered to myself what had I done? Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mrs. TK Ellis
Gripping story and a great read
"Ekaterinburg" by Helen Rappaport gives an account of the demise of the Russian imperial family in 1918. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Basileus
Great, concise account
An account of the last two weeks of the lives of the Romanovs and the details of their executions and their aftermath, plus an epilogue on subsequent attempts to get at the truth... Read more
Published 15 months ago by John Hopper
She's done it again!
By which I mean that Helen Rappaport has authored another insightful and utterly readeable Romanov book. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Faberge
A fantastic read I totally recommend!
After many days trying to decide which book based on the Romanovs and the political factors which led to their last days in confinement, I was greatly surprised to have chosen the... Read more
Published 23 months ago by MPG13
Absorbing account of the last days of the Romanovs
This book focuses on the last days in the lives of the Romanov family imprisoned in Ipatiev House, the 'House of Special Purpose' in the Urals in 1918. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2010 by Mr. T. Harvey
Ekaterinburg - The last days of the Romanovs
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Published on 12 Jan 2010 by L. Sebbage
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