When World War I broke out in 1914, Russia's Romanov dynasty was among the world's richest families. Yet ever since the Bolsheviks executed Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their children at Ekaterinburg, the mystery of what happened to their wealth has remained unsolved—until now. The author has spent 30 years on the trail of the Tsar's lost fortune. His pursuit has taken him across continents, to dusty vaults in great banks—bullion, jewels, and bank accounts have been his quarry. This book contains an account of his answers.
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William Clarke was Financial Editor at THE TIMES for 10 years, and has also written The Secret Life of Wilkie Collins.
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By Careful Reader "MYSTERY FAN" (Riverside california) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Romanoff Gold: The Lost Fortunes of the Tsars (Paperback)
Beware buyers! I purchased this book under the impression it was a new account, it is in fact not. The book was published a few years ago under a different title, I think it was" The Lost Fortune of the Tsars". This new book adds litttle to the account and seems to be a mere reprint of the earlier book. Dear reader correct me if I am wrong in this matter.
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Very interesting reading on tracking the mystery of the Tsars fortunes along an intriguing web of historical events.
However, there are many spelling and gramma errors. This raises concern on written quality and / or interpretation of the evidence trail.
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I bought this book to add to my thesis about the Romanovs, in particular I was interested in what descendants or pretenders may be entitled to claim. The book began really promising but then became tedious repeditive and boring. For an updated edition I found there was a rediculous amount of spelling and punctaution errors and errors with numbers. The whole book could be somed up in 3 points. The first, the Tsar brought all his personal and state funds back to Russia from England and Germany in the early 1900's and encouraged all Russians including other royals to do the same. Second the childrens funds left in Germany suffered from hyper inflation and turned 12 million into a couple of hundred thousand. Thirdly almost anything the tsar owned 'personally' was acquired through excess state funds.I think the title should also be changed to 'the non-existent fortune of the tsars.'
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