The Romanovs and Mr Gibbes: The Story of the Englishman Who Taught the Children of the Last Tsar by Frances Welch
Sydney Gibbes was appointed tutor to the children of Tsar Nicholas II in 1908 and lived as one of the family in the royal palace. Drawing on unpublished material, including Gibbes' letters and diaries, this biography tells the tragic Romanov story from the English teacher's point of view.