In search of the romanovs: a family's quest to solve one of history's most brutal crimes - peter sarandinaki

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 generals 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 Russias royal family, the Romanovs.

Generations later, Annas grandson Peter Sarandinaki set out to finish his great-grandfathers mission to find the Romanovs remains, enlisting searchers and scientists to finally piece together the answers to some of historys most perplexing questions: What really happened to Tsar Nicholas, Empress Alexandra, and their children? And what about the tsars brother, Michael, who simply disappeared? Set against the disparate backdrops of the Russian Revolution and the twenty-first centurys leading DNA laboratories, In Search of the Romanovs weaves together historical records, forensic science, and the diaries, recollections, and experiences of Sarandinakis 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 Russias most famous royal family.