Fictional Books on Rescue and Survival from Ekaterinburg

[Sarushka]

Isn't it weird how Romanov novelists tend to break down? If they're not writing about Anastasia (big if!), they tend to focus either on Olga --if they're women, or on Tatiana -- if they're men.

The only novel I can think of that stars Tatiana, so to speak, is The Tsarina's Daughter, which was written by a woman. Is there another Tatiana story I'm not aware of?

[Alixz]

Don't forget The Buckingham Palace Connection.

In this book Marie is the survivor.

[Olga Bernice]

Was that one good? I've looked it up and know the basic plot, you know, but I don't think it's on Amazon and doesn't have any customer reviews. (I could be wrong, though, so I will go check again! =D)

[Alixz]

I read it a very long time ago.  Probably as long as 25 years.

I just remember that it was a surprise ending.  I remember liking it.

Other than that - I don't know.

[Ilana]

Another one which features Tatiana is a Time Travel novel called TIME AFTER TIME (not the Jack Finney version) but this author is Allen Appel.  I love his character whose name is Alex Balfour, a history professor who has some kind of gene that enables him to travel back in time.  Appel wrote 4-5 novels about him.  However, this one was the first.  It's LOTS of fun.

[Alixz]

I just checked Time After Time by Appel out on Alibris and it can be bought for 99 cents.  However, I noticed that Dell is the publisher.  I wonder if they missed our novel in 1985 and so took on this one in 1990?

Strange coincidence for me.  We didn't engage in time travel, but we certainly had historical references.

[Olga Bernice]

Hmm - of course, don't take any of this as truth, because it is probably (well, more like definitely) not right, but maybe they were just looking for fantasy and had had a good experience with this author before? Nothing against you, of course, but I've heard that's how it is sometimes with new authors!

[helenazar]

But remember that Marie looked astonishingly like Olga when she came of an age to put her hair up.  So was Olga beautiful or Marie just attractive?

You think so? I don't really see anything more than sisterly resemblance, but I suppose that's sort of subjective anyway. After all, a lot of people thought that Anna Anderson looked just like Anastasia! lol

[Olga Bernice]

But remember that Marie looked astonishingly like Olga when she came of an age to put her hair up.  So was Olga beautiful or Marie just attractive?

You think so? I don't really see anything more than sisterly resemblance, but I suppose that's sort of subjective anyway. After all, a lot of people thought that Anna Anderson looked just like Anastasia! lol

IMO, AA did not look much like Anastasia, but that's my opinion. I think that Maria did look a lot like Olga (surprisingly, even!) when their hair were fixed the same way. Tatiana had the slightly exotic look, IMO, and Anastasia was just . . . different looking than her sisters, but Olga and Maria looked a lot the same.

IMHO all the girls were beautiful: i think the only difference between Olga and Maria was that olga has a more difficult carachter and this was reflected in her face. While Maria was so open to other people, and i think this gave a particular light to her eyes and face. But phisically speaking, they were much alike, except - of course - for eyes and nose.

Sunny, I couldn't have said it better myself. Agreed - completely!

[Ian (UK)]

   I like to buy new whenever possible, though as this was published in the 80's  I'll be very astonished if anyone gets a copy thats in pristine condition. As there is a large map printed at the very front of the book, I'm not giving too much away by saying the author has gone for a northerly escape route, and at first glance it all looks rather exciting.   .....we shall see.
    Wiith the books that I have & thanks to this thread I'm now well covered for TMA, however I am still looking for an Olga survival story.   

[Alixz]

I don't know that I have ever read an Olga "survivor" story.  Except Guy Richards The Hunt For The Czar where everyone survived.  It was not meant to be fiction, but it seems that it has to have been.

Mr. Richards truly believed that he had found the answers and that all had survived.

[Ian (UK)]

   Thanks for the info Alixz, though if you don't mind I might give that one a miss. 

[Alixz]

I don't mind, but it actually a good read.

Back when it was published and the family had not yet been found, it had a lot of interesting points and made everyone think that survival was very possible.

I read it about a dozen times over the years.  It was exciting to think that Nicholas had survived until 1957 and the age of 89.

[EmmyLee]

It isn't a "survival" story, but The Summer Day is Done by R.T. Stevens features Olga more prominently than the other Grand Duchesses.

[Olga Bernice]

If I'm not mistaken, The Summer Day Is Done is a love story, right? It sounds good. Anybody read it?