The Lost Fortune of the Tsars Author:William Clarke A historical inquiry into the whereabouts of the lost fortune of the Romanovs of Russia--calculated at more than forty-five billion dollars--is the result of twenty years of research and draws on Russia's recently opened Central State Archives. After the Bolshevik murder of Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra and other members of the Russian... more » royal family in 1918, what became of the Romanov jewels, Faberge eggs, yachts, money, gold and investments? Separating rumor from fact, Clarke, former financial editor of the London Times, provides solid answers in an inquiry that reads like a good detective mystery. Tapping Moscow's recently opened State Archives, he documents how the Bolsheviks seized much of the royalist wealth, some of which was later sold to bolster the Soviet regime's finances.« less