Finally discredits the long-held claim thatPrincess Anastasia and her brother Alexei survived the massacre with the aid ofthe recently conducted DNA forensic tests on bone fragments discovered in July2007. Brand new research including recentlyconducted ballistic tests designed to verify the claims made in the secretaccounts left by the executioners of the Romanov family. Draws on the written recollections andreports of MI5 agent Captain Francis McCullagh, who posing as an insurance rep,tracked down Yakov Yurovsky (the KGB officer who supervised the execution andburning of the bodies) and interviewed him. Includes over 50 photographs andillustrations many never before published. 'Andrew Cook is a brilliant investigativehistorian' ANDREW ROBERTS. Major news coverage expected. Solves one of the greatest historicalmysteries of the 20thCentury. Author has an excellent track record ingenerating major media coverage in both book reviews and news pages of thenational press.