The Romanovs: The Final Chapter [SIGNED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Massie, Robert K.

Published by Random House, New York, 1995

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Fine unread condition black boards with a black cloth spine and red spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Robert K. Massie; Author Dedication; Sources and Acknowledgments; Index and About the Author. Illustrated with two sections of black-and-white photographic plates. Signed and inscribed by the Pulitzer Prize winning author Robert K. Massie with thin black ink on the blank second free front endpaper. "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 -- revealed finally after over seven decades -- where were the bones of the two younger Romanovs supposedly murdered with the rest of the family? The Romanovs: The Final Chapter provides the answers, recounting the horrifying moments of slaughter, revealing the guilt of the cover-up by Lenin and his lieutenants, and then describing in dramatic, suspenseful detail the fascinating and ultimately successful efforts in post-Communist Russia to discover the truth. This unique story, written almost as a detective thriller by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie, presents a colorful panorama of contemporary characters -- beginning with two enterprising Russians who, against tremendous odds, finally found the secret burial place; documenting the key roles of U.S. secretary of state James Baker, Russian president Boris Yeltsin, and Great Britain's Prince Philip; and reporting the major scientific dispute between Russian experts and a team of Americans, including Drs. William Maples and Michael Baden - fiercely antagonistic forensic experts whose findings, along with those of DNA scientists from Russia, America, and Great Britain, all contributed to, and then resolved, the controversy. Because two skeletons were missing from the site, all the tantalizing tales of resurrected pretenders again loomed large. Was Anna Anderson, celebrated for over sixty years in newspapers, books, and film, really Grand Duchess Anastasia? If not, who was she? The Romanovs: The Final Chapter answers this question, too. Robert K. Massie's classic Nicholas and Alexandra brought the Russian Imperial family magnificently to life for millions of readers. It is natural, almost inevitable, that this master storyteller and historian should be the one to write the final chapter to this memorable and tragic event." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Robert K. Massie (January 5, 1929 - December 2, 2019) was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and studied American history at Yale and modern European history at Oxford, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He was president of the Author's Guild from 1987 to 1991. His previous books include Nicholas and ALexandra, Peter the Great, Journey, and Dreadnought. Among his many awards, Massie was awarded the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for Peter the Great: His Life and World. Seller Inventory # 005826

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Title: The Romanovs: The Final Chapter [SIGNED ...

Publisher: Random House, New York

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition