In Search of the Romanovs, Peter Sarandinaki
In Search of the Romanovs, Peter Sarandinaki
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In Search of the Romanovs
A Family’s Quest to Solve One of History’s Most Brutal Crimes

Author: Peter Sarandinaki

Narrator: Rich Miller

Unabridged: 9 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/23/2024


Synopsis

In 1918 a famed general of the Russian White Army battled through the Red Army to save Emperor Nicholas II—but he arrived too late. The Romanovs had already been murdered.

In this thrilling true-life detective story, we follow Anna, the general's courageous young daughter, who fled across the continent and boarded a ship with her husband to escape the bloodshed. Beneath her bunk was a box, and in this box lay grisly evidence of what had become of Russia's royal family, the Romanovs. Generations later, Anna's grandson Peter Sarandinaki set out to finish his great-grandfather's mission to find the Romanovs' remains, enlisting searchers and scientists to finally piece together the answers to some of history's most perplexing questions: What really happened to Tsar Nicholas, Empress Alexandra, and their children? And what about the tsar's brother, Mikhail, who simply disappeared?

A riveting and deeply personal story, In Search of the Romanovs reveals hidden truths in the legends about the murder and disappearance of Russia's most famous royal family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Angie on July 03, 2024

Thanks to NetGalley and University of Nebraska Press for an Advanced Reader Copy - pub date 7/1/2024. Practically everyone has heard the tragic story of Russia's final Imperial family, the Romanovs. The lies and the mangled murders and the slapdash burials and the decades-long cover-ups and rumors.......more

Goodreads review by Alora on May 30, 2024

4.5/5 rounded up to 5 stars Nonfiction books can be hard to suggest to people, you hear nonfiction and immediately think of boring books. However I’m so glad that books like In Search of the Romanovs exist, to show that nonfiction can be fascinating, educational, and eye opening. If you like CSI, hi......more

Goodreads review by Colleen on October 16, 2024

A companion to and continuation of Massie's Nicholas and Alexandra and Last Chapter, Sarandinaki combines family history with forensic science to reveal the final resting place of the Romanovs. Divided into 2 parts with a short interlude, Sarandinaki starts with his grandmother's life in Russia duri......more

Goodreads review by Janalyn, the blind reviewer on June 25, 2024

In Search Of The Romanoffs, A families quest to solve one of history‘s most brutal crimes by Peter Sarandinaki is a great book that turns from a mystery to an autobiography to a biography to an investigation that all makes for one great read. When Zar Nikolai Alexander and his family were murdered t......more