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"Compelling and absolutely fascinating...drifts considerably into the strange lives of Anastasia Romanov and Anna Anderson." (Lisa Wingate, writer of Before We Were Yours) In an enthralling new feat of historical suspense, Ariel Lawhon unravels the incredible twists and turns in Anna Anderson's 50 12 months challenge to be recognized as Anastasia Romanov. Is she the Russian Grand Duchess, a precious girl and revered icon, or is she an imposter, the thief of another woman's legacy? Countless others have rendered their verdict. Now it is your move. Russia, July 17, 1918: Under immediate requests from Vladimir Lenin, Bolshevik secret police force Anastasia Romanov, along with the entire imperial family, into a wet cellar in Siberia where they face a merciless firing squad. Nothing survives. At least that is exactly what the executioners have always claimed. Germany, Feb 17, 1920: A girl bearing an uncanny resemblance to Anastasia Romanov is drawn shivering and senseless from a canal in Berlin. Refusing to explain her presence in the freezing normal water, she is delivered to the hospital, where an exam shows that her is riddled with many horrific scars. When she finally does indeed speak, this frightened, strange woman claims to be the Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia. Her detractors, convinced that the young girl is only following the immense Romanov lot of money, insist on phoning her with a different name: Anna Anderson. As rumors get started to circulate through Western modern culture that the youngest Romanov girl has survived the massacre, old enemies and new dangers are awakened. Using a brilliantly made dual narrative structure, Lawhon wades in to the most psychologically sophisticated and emotionally engaging territory yet: the nature of identity itself. The question of who Anna Anderson is and what actually occurred to Anastasia Romanov creates a saga that spans 50 years and details three continents. This thrilling tale is just as moving and momentous as it is harrowing and twisted.

Category: Biographical