The House of Special Purpose by Colin Falconer

For years no one knew what happened to Czar Nicholas and his family after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. It was decades before the whole truth came out.

The deadly account of what happened to them in Ekatinerberg, in the House of Special Purpose draws on eyewitness accounts and is told from the point of view of Anastasia, the Czar's youngest daughter. The facts are so ghastly - and so farcical - they defy belief.

The story brings to vivid life the events of the last months of the Romanovs and is the prequel to Colin Falconer's best selling novel: Anastasia.

How was it possible for any of the children to have survived?

You won't believe the answer; except that it's all true.

The story starts with the Romanov children on a train in Siberia. They are on their way to their new "prison", as Anastasia calls it, The House of Special Purpose. The story accounts the last 2 months of their captivity and, subsequently, their lives.

Falconers writing is very good. He keeps you engaged in the story. The only thing I did not like about the story were the quotes in the beginning of the chapters. Not only does he not credit them to anyone, which makes me think they are the work of his imagination, but they are very cruel. I have read enough about Anastasia to know that, yes, she was a bit of a mean child and liked to make fun of others but she was still a child. Some of the things said about her were far more cruel than any of her actions I have heard about.

I did like how he ended the book. It leaves it up to your imagination and assumptions of what really happened to Anastasia.

Overall a good book and very quick read.

3.5 out of 5 stars

It seems that this is only out in e-book format but you can find it many places on the internet. Here is the link to the Kindle version on Amazon.

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