Race to Save the Romanovs: The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue Russia's Imperial Family

A new book by Helen Rappaport reveals the truth about the secret plans to rescue Russias last imperial family. The Romanovs were murdered on 17 July 1918, but Rappaport's investigation reveals that many other nations and individuals were facing political and personal challenges that prevented their rescue.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 400 pages
\n Publication date: 07 March 2019
\n Publisher: Cornerstone
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Shortlisted for the HWA Sharpe Books Non-Fiction Crown Award, A work of investigative history that will completely change the way in which we see the Romanov story. Finally, here is the truth about the secret plans to rescue Russia's last imperial family.

On July 17, 1918, the entire Russian Imperial Family was assassinated. There were no miraculous escapes. The former Tsar Nicholas, his wife Alexandra, and their children—Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexey—were all tragically gunned down in a barrage of bullets.

Historian Helen Rappaport sets out to uncover why the Romanovs' European royal relatives and the Allied governments failed to save them. It was not, ever, a simple case of one British King's loss of nerve. In this race against time, many other nations and individuals were facing political and personal challenges of the highest order.

In this incredible detective story, Rappaport draws on an unprecedented range of unseen sources, tracking down missing documents, destroyed papers, and covert plots to liberate the family by land, sea, and even sky. Through countless twists and turns, this revelatory work unpicks many false claims and conspiracies, revealing the fiercest loyalty, bitter rivalries, and devastating betrayals as the Romanovs, imprisoned, awaited their fate.

A remarkable new work of history from Helen Rappaport, author of Ekaterinburg: The Last Days of the Romanovs.

\n Weight: 302g\n
Dimension: 128 x 196 x 26 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781786090171\n \n