Excerpt from The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

With all the children recovered, the family still nursed the hope that it would be allowed to go into temporary exile and on 23 March Nicholas noted that he had been going through his books and papers, packing up everything he might wish to take with him 'if we should leave for England'. But Lent came and there was still no news.

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