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In Search of the Romanovs : A Family's Quest to Solve One of History's Most Brutal Crimes / Peter Sarandinaki ; with editorial assistance by Rob Suggs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sarandinaki, Peter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human remains (Archaeology)--Collection and preservation.
- Human remains (Archaeology).
- Human remains (Archaeology)--Analysis.
- Forensic anthropology.
- Russia--History--Nicholas II, 1894-1917.
- Russia.
- Dom Ipat'eva (Ekaterinburg, Russia).
- Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918--Assassination.
- Nicholas.
- Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918--Death and burial.
- Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918--Family.
- Romanov (Dynasty : 1613-1917).
- Romanov (Dynasty :.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, Nebraska : Potomac Books, [2024]
- Summary:
- "A thrilling, true detective story about the search for the missing members of the Romanov royal family, murdered by Bolsheviks in 1918, and one family's involvement in the hundred-year-old forensic investigation into their deaths, clandestine burials, and the recovery and authentication of the remains"-- Provided by publisher.
- "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, Michael, who simply disappeared? Set against the disparate backdrops of the Russian Revolution and the twenty-first century's leading DNA laboratories, In Search of the Romanovs weaves together historical records, forensic science, and the diaries, recollections, and experiences of Sarandinaki's own family. Follow Sarandinaki as he fits together the final fragments of the mystery: a piece of topaz jewelry, a blood-stained shirt once worn by Tsar Nicholas II, the fabled Solokov box, and his team finding clandestine initials carved into a tree. 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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- Part I: Anna's Story
- Chapter 1: Distant Fire
- Chapter 2: Country Life
- Chapter 3: Revolution
- Chapter 4: Darkness in Penza
- Chapter 5: A Flight to Freedom
- Chapter 6: Royal Captivity
- Chapter 7: The Death and Burial of a Dynasty
- Chapter 8: Sokolov Investigates
- Chapter 9: Expatriates
- Interlude: The Mystery of Anastasia
- Part II: Peter's Story
- Chapter 10: Americanizing
- Chapter 11: Leningrad
- Chapter 12: Skeletons
- Chapter 13: The Americans Join In
- Chapter 14: Digging Deeper
- Chapter 15: Keeping the Dream Alive
- Chapter 16: NecroSearch Joins the Hunt
- Chapter 17: Back to Four Brothers
- Chapter 18: Reno-Point/Counterpoint
- Chapter 19: Searching Pig's Meadow
- Chapter 20: Finding the Children
- Chapter 21: DNA Tells the Tale
- Chapter 22: The "Experts" Object
- Chapter 23: Searching for the Lost Brother
- Chapter 24: The Church Moves in Mysterious Ways
- Epilogue: The Locket and the Frame
- Bibliographical Sources
- Appendix: Yurovsky's Note.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781640126244
- 1640126244
- 9781640126251
- 1640126252
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