The Romanov Bride
by Robert Alexander | 
The Romanov Empress
by C. W. Gortner | 
Rasputin's Daughter
by Robert Alexander | 
Russka
by Edward Rutherfurd | 
I Was Anastasia
by Ariel Lawhon | 
The Mirrored World
by Debra Dean | 
The Winter Palace
by Eva Stachniak | 
The Impossible Journey
by Gloria Whelan | 
Sashenka
by Simon Sebag Montefiore | 
The House of Special Purpose
by John Boyne | 
Angel on the Square
by Gloria Whelan |
Passage into Light
by Judith Pella | 
The Serpent Garden
by Judith Merkle Riley | 
The Beacon at Alexandria
by Gillian Bradshaw |
Let the Drum Speak
by Linda Lay Shuler | 
The First Circle
by Alexander Solzhenitsyn | 
The Industry of Souls
by Martin Booth | 
Dancer
by Colum McCann | 
All That Is Solid Melts Into Air
by Darragh McKeon | 
The Midwife
by Gay Courter |
Drawing from decades of work, travel, and research in Russia, Robert Alexander re-creates the tragic, perennially fascinating story of the final days of Nicholas and Alexandra as seen through the eyes of the Romanovs' young kitchen boy, Leonka. Now an ancient Russian immigrant, Leonka claims to be the last living witness to the Romanovs' brutal murders and sets down the dark secrets of his past with the imperial family. Does he hold the key to the many questions surrounding the family's murder? Historically vivid and compelling, The Kitchen Boy is also a touching portrait of a loving family that was in many ways similar, yet so different, from any other.