Romanovs

She has also written several biographies, including ones on Lenin, Catherine II, and the Romanovs.

Though many of the sagas covered here are familiar, like the execution of the Romanovs and the unfortunate fates of Henry VIII’s wives, “Noble Blood” never delivers a rote version of their stories.

Still, about a dozen Romanovs, including Nicholas’s mother and sister, were evacuated from their Crimean estate by warships sent by King George, The Times has noted.

Fleming has a knack for crafting fast-paced true tales aimed at middle grade and teenage readers, with previous books on topics such as the last flight of Amelia Earhart and the assassination of the Romanovs.

The curator has even chosen to pipe in light music, as if ghosts from the last days of the Romanovs were still among us.