LAURA ROSE is a writer of Russian descent, whose work is very popular throughout the Russian Federation. She has made six trips to Russia to explore the key sites of the Romanov's final year, exile and execution. In Pravda, she was reviewed as "an American with a Russian soul." For the last ten years, she has been obsessed by the Romanov history, especially their final exile in the Ipatiev Mansion, “the House of Special Purpose” and has researched that time period, drawing upon primary sources such as the diaries and letters, written by the Romanovs, and their retinue. A self-confessed “Romanov-phile”, Laura found herself especially drawn to the third daughter, Marie, who was closest to Anastasia. The author’s obsession led her to The Alexander Palace for a private tour and then to follow the “Execution” route from the place where the family was slain, now a “Church on the Blood”, through the shadowed Koptyaki forest to the two burial sites.
LAURA ROSE is a writer of Russian descent, whose work is very popular throughout the Russian Federation. She has made six trips to Russia to explore the key sites of the Romanov's final year, exile and execution. In Pravda, she was reviewed as "an American with a Russian soul." For the last ten years, she has been obsessed by the Romanov history, especially their final exile in the Ipatiev Mansion, “the House of Special Purpose” and has researched that time period, drawing upon primary sources such as the diaries and letters, written by the Romanovs, and their retinue. A self-confessed “Romanov-phile”, Laura found herself especially drawn to the third daughter, Marie, who was closest to Anastasia. The author’s obsession led her to The Alexander Palace for a private tour and then to follow the “Execution” route from the place where the family was slain, now a “Church on the Blood”, through the shadowed Koptyaki forest to the two burial sites.