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Book Review of The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar

The Kitchen Boy:  A Novel of the Last Tsar
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A great "alternative" ending story about the demise of the Romanov family as told thru the eyes of the only servant purported to survive the basement slaughter in that troubled year of 1918. Using actual surviving letters to and from the Romanovs, author Robert Alexander paints a picture of a possible conspiracy to free the family before the fatal night of their horrifying murders and disrespectful "burials".
In the end all is revealed as the"story within a story" unravels and Kate discovers the true part her grandparents played in that fateful night.
This is a wonderful addition to all the Romanov biographies and conspiracy theory books out there and sits in opposition to the popular Princess Anastasia as possible survivor theory.