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A review by book_concierge
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander
3.0
This is good historical fiction - at least up until the ending.
Leonka is the kitchen boy to Tsar Nicholas and Tsaritsa Alexandra. He eventually witnesses the slaughter of the Romanov family. This is obviously well-researched, and it's a fascinating glimpse into the life - in exile - of the Romanovs and the forces that brought them down.
But I thought the ending was contrived ... too bad.
Book club # 1 read it in January 2005; Book club #2 chose it in Oct 2005 - I didn't re-read it.
Leonka is the kitchen boy to Tsar Nicholas and Tsaritsa Alexandra. He eventually witnesses the slaughter of the Romanov family. This is obviously well-researched, and it's a fascinating glimpse into the life - in exile - of the Romanovs and the forces that brought them down.
But I thought the ending was contrived ... too bad.
Book club # 1 read it in January 2005; Book club #2 chose it in Oct 2005 - I didn't re-read it.