Another book from my Spring Reading Thing, The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander was one of the three books I took down to Jamaica with me for some vacation reading. Even though I barely made it through two of those books (I spent a lot of time swimming around in the pool with my five year old daughter) I am so glad that I read this one. I missed reading it for the discussion over at Our Coffee Rings and I regret it since it is the perfect book for a book club.
Even though it is a slim novel and the cover art I find to be uninspiring, the book itself is an insightful look into the time of the Russian Revolution. As history states, Tsar Nikolai and his entire family were brutally executed in their own home. In the 1990’s the bodies of the Romanov family were found in a secret grave - all except for two of the children. This fictitious re-telling, by the kitchen boy Leonka, of these true-life events is intriguing.
I have really just started reading historical fiction, but with books like The Last Boleyn Girl (which I reviewed here) and The Kitchen Boy as starters, I am looking forward to reading more. For further information about The Kitchen Boy, check out the review by blogger Sassymonkey here or over at Bookreporter.com.
