Professor Brian Sykes's book became a world sensation. She talks about a unique study of the discovered remains of the Tyrolean Ice Man, who had lain in a glacier in northern Italy for at least five thousand years. Professor Sykes, through genetic research, managed to discover a direct descendant of the Iceman - our contemporary who lives in Britain. The book describes in detail and interestingly the events associated with the identification of the remains of the Romanovs - members of the family of the Russian emperor, for which Professor Sykes was invited. The reader will do an exciting a journey into the distant past of the Earth and learns about our genetic ancestor. For the general reader.