The Resurrection of the Romanovs: Anastasia, Anna Anderson, and the World's Greatest Royal Mystery
by:
Greg King (author)
Penny Wilson (author)
The truth of the enduring mystery of Anastasia's fate-and the life of her most convincing impostor The passage of more than ninety years and the publication of hundreds of books in dozens of languages has not extinguished an enduring interest in the mysteries surrounding the 1918 execution of the...
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The truth of the enduring mystery of Anastasia's fate-and the life of her most convincing impostor The passage of more than ninety years and the publication of hundreds of books in dozens of languages has not extinguished an enduring interest in the mysteries surrounding the 1918 execution of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his family. The Resurrection of the Romanovs draws on a wealth of new information from previously unpublished materials and unexplored sources to probe the most enduring Romanov mystery of all: the fate of the Tsar's youngest daughter, Anastasia, whose remains were not buried with those of her family, and her identification with Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed to be the missing Grand Duchess.Penetrates the intriguing mysteries surrounding the execution of Tsar Nicholas II and the true fate of his daughter, AnastasiaReveals previously unknown details of Anderson's life as Franziska SchanzkowskaExplains how Anderson acquired her knowledge, why people believed her claim, and how it transformed Anastasia into a cultural phenomenonDraws on unpublished materials including Schanzkowska family memoirs, legal papers, and exclusive access to private documents of the British and Hessian Royal FamiliesIncludes 75 photographs, dozens published here for the first timeWritten by the authors of The Fate of the RomanovsRefuting long-accepted evidence in the Anderson case, The Resurrection of the Romanovs finally explodes the greatest royal mystery of the twentieth-century.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780470444986 (0470444983)
ASIN: 470444983
Publish date: December 1st 2010
Publisher: Wiley
Pages no: 397
Edition language: English
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...
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,...