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Title: The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander ISBN: 0-670-03178-X Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 27 January, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.3 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Reads like a fairy tale!
Comment: "The Kitchen Boy" is the story of the Nicholas II and the last days of the Romanov family. It is told from the point of view of Leonka, the kitchen boy that went into exile with the Tsar and his family. The night of the Romanov's brutal massacre, Leonka was sent away, never to be seen again. In this novel, Robert Alexander offers a fictional theory of what really happened to Leonka, as well as what happened to the two Romanov children - Marie and Alexei - whose bodies were never found.
"In The Kitchen Boy", the last Tsar - and his intense love for his family - is brought vividly to life. Reading this lyrical novel was like visiting with old friends. The author, who spent years in Russia researching the novel, provides an historically accurate portrait of a tragedy, while also offering a believable, bittersweet, yet wholly satisfying ending for those of us who still like to believe in fairy tales.
Rating: 3
Summary: A never version of an old myth
Comment: Several years ago I was a member of a chat room on movies. There was a category for each movie and also a "spoilers" room. The warning was, don't enter this room if you had not seen the movie because the plot would be given away. In many respects, I wish that there was such a category on Amazon for books in which reviewers could express and discuss thier opinions about falicies in plots of novels that they reviewed thereby giving away the ending. THE KITCHEN BOY would be prime for such a discussion.
All in all its an interesting read for those who loved Nicholas and Alexander and all variations on that theme, especially those who believe that there were survivors. As one who have always been facinated by the last days of the Tsar and his family I jumped at the chance of reading this book when a friend loaned it to me. I'm probably just as glad that I didn't buy it.
This is a very quick read, only 228 pages, and the story is easy to follow. The author brings in good details and from prior readings that I've done seems to be historically correct. He sets up the plot in clever and interesting manner and there is some good forshadowing to give the reader hints as to the outcome. But his choice of a final ending was a surprise and not one that I was really pleased with. It left me very troubled and raises the question "what would I have done in that situation?" That surprise ending bothered me although part of that ending became very predictible.
The book is good, not great, but I'd recommend it if you are interested in the subject. It might also be interesting for high school students to get them into the subject of Russian history. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to read this one, but it's worse the read. But you may be trouble by the ending.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Book!
Comment: Very interesting take on an otherwise obscure topic. The last days of the Tsar and Tsaritsa of Russia in the weeks before their death. This is cleverly told through the eyes of their kitchen boy, who participates in many of the events related within the book. It reads like a history, but without the dryness of a history book, since it is indeed fiction. It is not a long book and holds your interest, especially at the end. Definitely a must read for lovers of historical fiction.
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Title: The Fate of the Romanovs by Greg King, Penny Wilson ISBN: 0471207683 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 05 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Lost Splendor: The Amazing Memoirs of the Man Who Killed Rasputin by Prince Felix Youssoupoff ISBN: 1885586582 Publisher: Helen Marx Books Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant ISBN: 1400060737 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 17 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Pompeii: A Novel by ROBERT HARRIS ISBN: 0679428895 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Royal Russia : The Private Albums Of The Russian Imperial Family by James B. Lovell, Carol Townend ISBN: 0312179367 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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