The overthrow and execution of Tsar Nicolas II and the Russian Imperial family is a cause celebre of twentieth century history. This re-investigation of the story finally solves one of the greatest murderers of world history.

The Russian Revolution has long been attributed almost solely to the First World War. Without the war, seen as an inevitable cataclysm, many have argued that Nicolas would have survived and a Romanov might still today sit on the Russian throne, albeit a constitutional monarch. However, a growing number of historians not only disagree with this, but have argued that the war was the indirect result of Nicolas ‘s inability to control the course of events in his own sphere of influence.  

New forensic evidence and newly discovered British and Russian Secret Service records reveal the truth about the family’s murder, and the proposed British rescue of the Imperial family, led by British Secret Service officer, Major Stephen Alley.