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The resurrection of the Romanovs, Anastasia, Anna Anderson, and the world's greatest royal mystery, Greg King and Penny Wilson

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The resurrection of the Romanovs, Anastasia, Anna Anderson, and the world's greatest royal mystery, Greg King and Penny Wilson
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-382) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The resurrection of the Romanovs
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Greg King and Penny Wilson
Sub title
Anastasia, Anna Anderson, and the world's greatest royal mystery
Summary
Explores the mysteries surrounding the execution of the Romanov family and the life of the woman who claimed to be Anastasia, the evidence debunking her claim, and the people who lent support to her fantasy
Table of contents
Cast of principal characters -- pt. 1. Anastasia -- "My God, what a disappointment!" -- The imp -- Into the abyss -- "How little I suspected I was never to see them again" -- pt. 2. Anna Anderson -- Resurrection -- Fraulein Unbekannt -- A story of escape-- A ghost from the past? -- Encounter in Berlin -- "If the Imperial House of Russia wants to let one of its own die in the gutter..." -- "A sort of weird charm" -- The making of a myth -- "A gruesome impression" -- A tale of two books -- Émigrés at war -- The trials -- "How shall I tell you who I am?" -- pt. 3. Franziska -- The fairytale crumbles -- A girl from the provinces -- The Polish factory worker -- The myth unravels -- Into the pages of history -- Epilogue

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