- Penetrates the intriguing mysteries surrounding the execution of Tsar Nicholas II and the true fate of his daughter, Anastasia
- Reveals previously unknown details of Anderson's life as Franziska Schanzkowska
- Explains how Anderson acquired her knowledge, why people believed her claim, and how it transformed Anastasia into a cultural phenomenon
- Draws on unpublished materials including Schanzkowska family memoirs, legal papers, and exclusive access to private documents of the British and Hessian Royal Families
- Includes 75 photographs, dozens published here for the first time
- Written by the authors of The Fate of the Romanovs
Refuting 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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GREG KING is the author of The Court of the Last Tsar; Twilight of Splendor: The Court of Queen Victoria during Her Diamond Jubilee Year; and A Season of Splendor: The Court of Mrs. Astor in Gilded Age New York.
PENNY WILSON is a Russian historian and Romanov scholar. She coauthored The Fate of the Romanovs with Greg King.
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The Truth about the Twentieth Century’s Most Controversial Mystery
“Covers the subject so thoroughly and so honestly that this is almost certainly the last book that needs to be written.”
—Robert K. Massie, author of Nicholas and Alexandra.
The passage of more than ninety years and the publication of hundreds of books have not extinguished an enduring intetesrt in the mysteries surrounding the 1918 execution of the last Russain tsar, Nicholas II; the long uncertain fate of his youngest daughter, Anastasia; and the woman known as Anna Anderson, whose claim to be the missing grand duchess perplexed and captivated the world for decades. Refuting long-accepted evidence in the Anderson case and including dozens of previously unpublished photographs, The Resurrection of the Romanovs finally explodes the greatest royal mystery of the twentieth century.
- Documents, for the firsty time, Anna Anderson’s scars and how she received them, and uncovers the surprising limtiation of her lingusitic abilities.
- Offers dramatic new information about Anna Anderson’s childhood.
- Reveals why Anna Anderson made her claim and how she convinced so many people that she was Anastasia.
- Exposes those who lied in the historical record.
- Recounts shocking confrontation between Anna Anderson and her birth family.
- Paints a startling psychological portrait of Anna Anderson.
- Explores rumors of Anastasia’s survival as a cultural phenomenon and explains why people needed to believe that Anna Anderson was Anastasia.
- Draws on more than a decade of international research and presents unpublished letters, statements, legal documents and reports, including those from the Hessian and British royal families.
- Includes the results of an important new DNA test conducted on Anna Anderson.
Inhalt
Authors’ Note.
Acknowledgments.
Cast of Principal Characters.
Introduction.
PART ONE ANASTASIA.
1 “My God, What a Disappointment!”
2 The Imp.
3 Into the Abyss.
4 “How Little I Suspected That I Was Never to See Them Again”.
PART TWO ANNA ANDERSON.
5 Resurrection.
6 Fraulein Unbekannt.
7 A Story of Escape.
8 A Ghost from the Past?
9 Encounter in Berlin.
10 “If the Imperial House of Russia Wants to Let One of Its Own Die in the Gutter… .”
11 “A Sort of Weird Charm”.
12 The Making of a Myth.
13 “A Gruesome Impression”.
14 A Tale of Two Books.
15 Émigrés at War.
16 The Trials.
17 “How Shall I Tell You Who I Am?”
PART THREE FRANZISKA.
18 The Fairy Tale Crumbles.
19 A Girl from the Provinces.
20 The Polish Factory Worker.
21 The Myth Unravels.
22 Into the Pages of History.
Epilogue.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.