Such a beautiful cover, one of the reasons it attracted my attention. Sometimes the cover just gets me, plus the bonus is that it's...tada historical fiction, my favorite genera for reading of late!
We all know how the Romanov family ended, but how about the way the people felt about their tsar and the conditions that led up to the royal family being murdered? And so much more.In this book most of the accounts of what happened is between the Grand Duchess Elisavyeta (Ella) the sister to the tsaritsa Aleksandra and Pavel. The story of these two people from different walks of a life a saint and a revolutionist murder intertwine and become one. I must say that this way of writing was wonderfully written. I must say that I couldn't put the book down.
You learn what kind of man the Grand Duke Sergei was and more about his assassination then you did in the history class. The way you see how the characters are given more breath of life than what you learn from history channel and second hand accounts of the key players involved.
The other differences between Pavel and the Grand Duchess is that Pavel is fueled by rage and hatred, where as the Grand Duchess is more of saint and tries to take care of her bothers and sisters of Russia. Yet each time their paths cross something happens to Pavel and his heart and hatred shift off this one Romanov. When you read further in to the story Pavel reveals more about the Grand Duchess and the rest of the Romanov family.
I was moved, made angry and begin to believe that no matter the station of one's life humanity must exist and begin at home, as the old quote says. This is a good read and I will read this book again and again.
Robert's writing makes you feel and think that you are there in Russia going thorough the mixed emotions of the royal family and those connected to them, during this turbulent times in the history of Russia. Good writing should take on an adventure and make you feel something that you sometimes don't feel.
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