Against his wishes, Grand Duke Michael Romanov was tsar for one day when his brother, Tsar Nicholas II, abdicated. It was an act of cowardice and betrayal by the tsar which put Michael in the sights of the Bolsheviks and in grave danger. When he disappeared, his wife Natasha fled to England with her teenage daughter.

n

Natasha Sergeyevna, the twice-divorced daughter of a lawyer, thought her dream had come true when she married Grand Duke Michael Romanov, the little-known brother of Tsar Nicholas II. But the fairy tale turned into a nightmare when in February 1917, St. Petersburg was overrun by revolutionaries whose purpose was to abolish imperialism and which paved the way for the bloody and pitiless Bolshevik revolution of October. Lenin was unleashed, and his intent was nothing less than the destruction of every Romanov. Was Michael one of them? Did he escape? Natasha would never stop looking and praying for him until she learned the truth.

n

Michael and Natasha's story is reminiscent of the Duke of Windsor and his love for Wallace Simpson - also a divorcee. The marriage of both couples earned almost universal criticism, but they chose exile and renunciation rather than give up the one they loved.

n

The Disappearance of Michael Romanov

Comentarios