Title: Ekaterinburg - The Last Days of the Romanovs

Author: Helen Rappaport

This is the story of some of the most shocking murders of the twentieth century which changed the lives of millions of people, both inside Russia and beyond, setting their stamp on a violent century, initiating a new and cynical era of state-orchestrated terror, repression and genocide on a grand scale. Ekaterinburg - The Last Days of the Romanovs focuses on the final thirteen days in the lives of the Russian Imperial family: Tsar Nicholas and the Tsaritsa Alexandra together with their five children – Olga, Tatiana, Mariya, Anastasia and Alexey. It puts these last days of their incarceration at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg under the microscope, from 4th July to the night of their savage murders on 17th July 1918, charting how the Special Detachment led by Yakov Yurovsky finalize preparations for the family’s murder and end their lives in a blaze of gunfire in a basement room. Ekaterinburg tells the Romanov story in a compellingly new and dramatic way, bringing those final tragic days vividly alive against the backdrop of Russia in turmoil, on the brink of a devastating civil war.

UK Publisher: Hutchinson, Random House

US Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Rights: All other rights available

Schedule: First UK publication June 2008