The Lost Crown shows the effects of the Bolshevik Revolution on the Romanov family. Sarah Miller starts out the book in the months preceding the revolution. She highlights the family's humanity through their jokes and their taking care of soldiers returning from the front lines. Their lives change as their father abdicates and the Provisional Government takes control. This change brings in the meat of the book, where the royal family is confined under house arrest. As the revolution progresses, the Provisional Government moves them from house to house and into more unfamiliar terrain. Each chapter is written from the viewpoint of one of the daughters: Anastasia, Maria, Tatiana or Olga. Miller works to show the inner turmoil within the family and the bravery each member has. She gives personality and depth to a recognized, but solely symbolic family.