Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley in exchange for a review. The wreck of the Andrea Doria led to one of the most memorial stories about a shipwreck – that of a young girl who fell asleep in her bed on the Andrea Doria and work up on the deck of the Stockholm. It is amazing luck and tragedy for her stepf...
The world loves a good Romeo and Juliet story because the average person tends to forget that Romeo was in love with Rosalind and Juliet was all of 13. Odds are, if they had married, Romeo would have had a mistress and Juliet would have died in childbirth. Shakespeare has much blame to bear consider...
After reading this, I want to travel back in time and smack people. What is done in this book is great. The loss of a couple, of a devoted couple, is highlighted, not as a spark that set off a war, but as a family loss. That gets over looked when talking about this killing. You also feel so sorry fo...
"Debris flew, windows shattered, and the crowd erupted in screams at the unexpected explosion," Sophie raised a hand to her neck where a splinter left its mark. Franz commanded the vehicle to stop, amidst the panic and mayhem in the streets, while spectators caught up with the assailant shouting, "I...
I've never been an Anna Anderson supporter. Even before the DNA evidence came out, pictures of her looked completely unlike Anastasia. How could anyone have believed her stories? This book doesn't provide me with the psychological understanding of Anderson's supporters that I'd been hoping for, bu...
The author states in his introduction, "there is really no new evidence here." What a statement!! Mr. King goes through the entire case, from the grand beginnings in the Palaces of Russia and a family seeminly living in paradise, detours through imprisonment and the shattered lives ended in a baseme...
Greg King has become one of those writers that I buy automatically, and when his books land on my doorstep, I tend to move it to the top of the TBR pile. His works on European royalty are well-researched and well-written, with little details that humanize his subjects. This book was a real revelatio...
Fascinating read. I've always wanted to know more about the Romanov royal family and their fate. The mystery behind the claims that Anastasia survived were always intriguing. This is a thorough account of the Romanov's last years, execution and the appearance of Anna Anderson claiming to be the Gran...
Very well written, very thorough. Includes new data, especially from the 2007 discoveries, and quite a bit on the reality of Anna Anderson, and a possible source of why she tried to impersonate a royal. Those who have always wondered should find themselves quite a few answers. For the longer review,...
A very good biography about Wallis Simpson, and her life before and after Edward VIII, the man who gave up the throne of England to marry her. Tries hard not to be too sympathetic or critical, and blows most of the myths out of the water. Recommended. For the longer review, please go here:http://www...
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