Though this is a fairly interesting book, it is horribly translated.You can kind of tell its the translation because every once in a while you read Radzinsky's unique writing style, that completly captivates you. After reading "The Last Tsar", by Radzinsky this was a fairly big dissapointment. It seems to jump around alot, and quickly change topics. The subject of how Rasputin managed to successfully treat Alexei was not even mentioned. However the book did managed to save itself by the very intresting chapters on what happened at the Yussepov Palace. If you're not already very familiar with the last Romanovs, I would not recommend this.