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The Romanovs

The Final Chapter

by Robert K. Massie
Geoffrey Howard
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A “masterful” (The Washington Post Book World) account of the quest to solve one of the great mysteries in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Catherine the Great
“Riveting . . . unfolds like a detective story.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review
In July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow mass grave near Ekaterinburg, Siberia, a few miles from the infamous cellar room where the last tsar and his family had been murdered seventy-three years before. But were these the bones of the Romanovs? And if these were their remains, where were the bones of the two younger Romanovs supposedly murdered with the rest of the family? Was Anna Anderson, celebrated for more than sixty years in newspapers, books, and film, really Grand Duchess Anastasia?
The Romanovs provides the answers, describing in suspenseful detail the dramatic efforts to discover the truth. Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie presents a colorful panorama of contemporary characters, illuminating the major scientific dispute between Russian experts and a team of Americans, whose findings, along with those of DNA scientists from Russia, America, and Great Britain, all contributed to solving one of the great mysteries of the twentieth century.

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    August 16, 2011

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      • ISBN: 9780307970244
      • File size: 311404 KB
      • Duration: 10:48:45

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The title says it all about Massie's summary of the Romanov mystery. He covers every aspect--from the 1918 murder of the Russian royal family to the enigma of Grand Duchess Anastasia and her multiple imposters. It takes a special performer to keep the listener interested when the bulk of the story is made up of facts, multiple genealogies, and details of court proceedings; however, Geoffrey Howard fits that description very well. His deep, melodic voice and precise intonation keep one poised for the juicy tidbits of information hidden among the drier stuff. Howard also skillfully conveys Massie's respect for each facet of this complex story. K.O. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 2, 1996
      A recounting of recent controversies in Russia over the burial of the remains of the last imperial family, killed during the Communist revolution.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Here is an offering from Books on Tape that one wishes some more ambitious publisher had issued. Not that it will bore or offend you. It deals with a fascinating subject--the corpses of the last Czar of Russia and his family. The Romanovs were presumed assassinated during the revolution, but the stories were vague, the bodies missing and pretenders always showing up...until very recently. The book details how their bodies were found and scientifically identified, just as the Soviet Union was collapsing and the new order (or lack of it) beginning. The listener aches for the visual evidence (continually being referred to) that one can find in a conventional book or in the TV documentaries that have appeared on the subject. As in many BOT nonfiction titles, the narrator, in this case Geoffrey Howard, reads like a robot, pushing for clarity but investing no personality whatsoever. Fortunately, he at least pronounces all the foreign names and technical terms correctly and even knows what they mean. Y.R. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      The fate of the last Russian Czar and his family has been one of the most fascinating mysteries of this century. Massie's work presents, not only the last days and ultimate fate of the Romanovs, but also the political and academic bickering over their remains. There's also a long section on the false Anastasia, the late Anna Anderson. O'Keefe's reading is very well done. His training and experience as an opera singer give him excellent diction and enunciation. He keeps the listener's attention with his pacing and inflection, making an already fascinating tale even more so. Especially poignant is his reading of the last days of the imperial family. M.T.F. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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