The last days of the Romanovs : how Tsar Nicholas II and Russia's imperial family were murdered

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. "Here at las is the complete, long-suppressed story of how the Soviet secret police murdered Russia's last emperor and his entire family in July 1918. As head of the imperial dynasty that had ruled Russia for three centuries, Tsar Nicholas II personified his land and people as have few monarchs in history. His murder on order of Lenin and Sverdlov was thus symbolic of the Communist effort to obliterate Russia's rich national and culturual heritage, and presaged the terrible Soviet bloodletting of later years. This dramatic yet meticulous account by veteran British journalist Robert Wilton is based on the on-site investigation of Nicholas Sokolov- the most thorough ever conducted. As special correspondent in Russia for the London Times during the turbulent years of revolution and civil war, Wilton writes with authority and rare candor. he not only tells just how the imperial family was killed, but forthrightly assigns responsibility for the historic crime." -- Back cover