Berry, Steve - The Romanov Prophecy by Steve Berry

Author:Steve Berry [Berry, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction:Thriller
ISBN: 9780345504395
Publisher: Random House of Canada
Published: 2007-11-27T05:15:52+00:00

TWENTY-SEVEN

Lord saw tears in Vassily Maks’s eyes. He wondered how many times the events had played out in the old man’s mind.

“My father served in Nicholas’ guard. He was assigned to Tsarskoe Selo, the Alexander Palace where the imperial family lived. The children knew his face. Especially Alexie.”

“How did he come to be in Yekaterinburg?” Akilina asked.

“He was approached by Felix Yussoupov. Men were needed to infiltrate Yekaterinburg. Palace guards were favored by the Bolsheviks. They were showpieces the propagandists used to legitimatize the revolution—how Nicholas’s most trusted men turned on him. Many did turn, weak souls scared for their hides, but a few were recruited as spies, like my father. He knew many of the revolution leaders, and they were glad to have him as part of the movement. It was simply luck he arrived at Yekaterinburg in time. Even more luck that Yurovsky selected him as part of the execution squad.”

They were sitting at the kitchen table, having finished their lunch.

“Your father sounds like a brave man,” Lord said.

“Enormously so. He took an oath to the tsar and lived that oath until the end.”

Lord wanted to know about Alexie and Anastasia. “Did they survive?” he asked. “What happened?”

The old man’s lips curled into a thin smile. “Something wonderful. But first, something awful.”

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