The overthrow and execution of Tsar Nicolas II and the Russian Imperial family is a grim watershed in twentieth-century history. Andrew Cook’s fresh investigation of the story solves one of the great modern-day mysteries.
The author draws on forensic evidence and newly discovered British and Russian Secret service records to reveal the truth about the family’s murder, the proposed British rescue attempt (led by Major Stephen Alley) and the Secret Service mission inside Russia, after the Romanovs’ murder was reported, to discover the awful truth about their fate.
- Finally discredits the long-held claim that
Princess Anastasia and her brother Alexei survived the massacre with the aid of
the recently conducted DNA forensic tests on bone fragments discovered in July
2007.
- Brand new research including recently
conducted ballistic tests designed to verify the claims made in the secret
accounts left by the executioners of the Romanov family.
- Draws on the written recollections and
reports of MI5 agent Captain Francis McCullagh, who posing as an insurance rep,
tracked down Yakov Yurovsky (the KGB officer who supervised the execution and
burning of the bodies) and interviewed him.
- Includes over 50 photographs and
illustrations many never before published.
- ‘Andrew Cook is a brilliant investigative
historian’ ANDREW ROBERTS.
- Major news coverage expected.
- Solves one of the greatest historical
mysteries of the 20th Century.
- Author has an excellent track record in
generating major media coverage in both book reviews and news pages of the
national press.
