- Paperback: 420 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (7 Dec 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0575041285
- ISBN-13: 978-0575041288
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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The world was told that the last Tsar of Russia and his family were butchered in the 'cellar massacre' at Ekaterinburg in 1918. Yet diplomats and reporters did not believe it. And the longest court case of the century failed to explode Anna Anderson's claim to be the Tsar's youngest daughter, Grand Duchess Anastasia. Anthony Summers and Tom Mangold spent five years tracking down witnesses and long-lost documents. The search led to Moscow, Tokyo and Washington and their persistence finally paid off when they found a suppressed official dossier - the File on the Tsar. It shows that the public was fed a lie. The Romanovs did not all die at Ekaterinburg, but became pawns in an international power game, involving Lenin, the Kaiser, the British Royal Family and British Intelligence. And in London, over 80 years later, the cover-up goes on.
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Anthony Summers formerly covered wars and other world new events for the BBC. His work includes GODDESS, a bestselling biography of Marilyn Monroe, and CONSPIRACY, an acclaimed study of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He lives in Ireland. Tom Mangold has been a senior investigative reporter and war correspondent for the BBC for thirty years and has won numerous awards for his work. He is the author of four bestselling books. He is married and lives in West London. Tom Mangold has been a senior investigative reporter and war correspondent for BBC TV News and Current Affairs for thirty years and has won numerous awards for his work. He is the author of four bestselling books (THE FILE ON THE TSAR, THE TUNNELS OF CU CHI, COLD WARRIOR and PLAGUE WARS). He is married and lives in West London.
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THE FILE ON THE TSAR (2002 edition) by Anthony Summers and Tom Mangold is quite the little book. It is a good, clean and scholarly work dedicated to studying the horrid tale of the execution of the last Czar of Russia and his family. In fact, it endeavors to examine the possibility that at least the Czarina and the children escaped the slaughter that has been peddled more or less successfully to the public for so long.
This book carefully dissects various documents and even letters and diaries, piecing together a compelling story about how not only Germany but also England may have planned - even attempted to execute - rescue plans for the Romanov Imperial Family. Did they fail? Is it possible at least part of someone's plan came to fruition?
The authors do a terrific job piecing this story together - they even address Anna Manahan, who was alleged to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia. Note that only the 2002 edition of this book contains a postscript with some deeply moving facts about the DNA testing on the alleged Romanov remains from the Koptyaki Forest. Some scientists don't agree that the testing was properly done. A few don't believe those remains belong to the Romanovs.
Interesting chapters include one on various claimants who have surfaced, and the very next chapter is about Anna. These authors do not argue a case for her or against her - but they find so many inconsistencies with the accepted DNA findings and Anna's life story that they wonder aloud whether or not she was Anastasia. But that is only one chapter.
This book will thrill you with true stories of intrigues, duplicity that can never be pinned down to the responsible parties, Bolshevik and imperialist propaganda and lies, the whole ugly tamale that gave us a fascinating propaganda pastiche that we continue to accept without a word of wonder. The authors researched this book to perfection, and I am especially appreciative of the notes and bibliography. It is that scholarship that moved the authors to wonder why the public simply accepts everything Russia tells us.
The food for thought here has not been changed by any DNA findings. As I said, the book traces a chain of facts that will lead you to wonder about DNA and its validity in this case. There is no way an interested reader can claim a working knowledge of any of these subjects without having read THE FILE ON THE TSAR - and be certain to get the 2002 edition.
This book carefully dissects various documents and even letters and diaries, piecing together a compelling story about how not only Germany but also England may have planned - even attempted to execute - rescue plans for the Romanov Imperial Family. Did they fail? Is it possible at least part of someone's plan came to fruition?
The authors do a terrific job piecing this story together - they even address Anna Manahan, who was alleged to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia. Note that only the 2002 edition of this book contains a postscript with some deeply moving facts about the DNA testing on the alleged Romanov remains from the Koptyaki Forest. Some scientists don't agree that the testing was properly done. A few don't believe those remains belong to the Romanovs.
Interesting chapters include one on various claimants who have surfaced, and the very next chapter is about Anna. These authors do not argue a case for her or against her - but they find so many inconsistencies with the accepted DNA findings and Anna's life story that they wonder aloud whether or not she was Anastasia. But that is only one chapter.
This book will thrill you with true stories of intrigues, duplicity that can never be pinned down to the responsible parties, Bolshevik and imperialist propaganda and lies, the whole ugly tamale that gave us a fascinating propaganda pastiche that we continue to accept without a word of wonder. The authors researched this book to perfection, and I am especially appreciative of the notes and bibliography. It is that scholarship that moved the authors to wonder why the public simply accepts everything Russia tells us.
The food for thought here has not been changed by any DNA findings. As I said, the book traces a chain of facts that will lead you to wonder about DNA and its validity in this case. There is no way an interested reader can claim a working knowledge of any of these subjects without having read THE FILE ON THE TSAR - and be certain to get the 2002 edition.
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When I first read this book in the early '70s, I was intrigued by the story and the possibility that Anna Anderson might indeed be the Grand Duchess Anastasia. The passage of time and DNA evidence has proved this to be false. Anna Anderson was a Polish servant, as many had already stated. For those who still hold onto the myth of the survival of any of the Romanovs, do they really believe that Stalin, who ordered the murder of so many of his old Bolshevik "comrades", would have had any scruples in ordering the death of any surviving Romanovs, no matter where in the world they were.
Al that being said, this book is quite an enjoyable read as historical fiction along the same lines as, say, Len Deighton or Ellis Peters. But please don't think that this has anything to do with reality except, of course, the massacre of the Tsar, all his family and their servants at Ekaterinburg.
Al that being said, this book is quite an enjoyable read as historical fiction along the same lines as, say, Len Deighton or Ellis Peters. But please don't think that this has anything to do with reality except, of course, the massacre of the Tsar, all his family and their servants at Ekaterinburg.
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You have to be a real conspiracy theorist to believe this now. When the first edition of this book came out in the 70s, it was just about possible to dismiss the Sokolov findings which concluded that the Tsar and his family had perished at the hands of the Soviets; by 2002, it was all but impossible to find any rational reason to do so. DNA evidence on the human remains and on Anna Anderson seem to disprove the theories advocated in this book.
The book itself is quite excitingly written. I read it as a teenager in the late 70s and found it very convincing. Looking back on it now, I see that its argument depends on the "Ah, what about X or Y or Z" procedure, stressing minor inconsistencies and inaccuracies, whilst ignoring or dismissing strong factual evidence. In fact it provides a case study for the type of conspiratorial history so well outlined in David Aaronovich's "Voodoo Histories".
The book itself is quite excitingly written. I read it as a teenager in the late 70s and found it very convincing. Looking back on it now, I see that its argument depends on the "Ah, what about X or Y or Z" procedure, stressing minor inconsistencies and inaccuracies, whilst ignoring or dismissing strong factual evidence. In fact it provides a case study for the type of conspiratorial history so well outlined in David Aaronovich's "Voodoo Histories".
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The book maybe exciting, is that what the serious person wants ? I very much doubt it, since we do know almost certainly that this family was brutally and tragically murdered by... Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2009 by Robert John Woollard
Why the hell do we developed DNA tests?
as it totally destroyed the legend surrounded possible survival of members of the Imperial Family. Ever since the DNA results were published the stories on the survival of one or... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2006 by Amelrode
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