![]() ![]() ![]() Or did they?įor decades after the imperial family’s massacre, a persistent rumor made rounds of European capitals (and some parts of the United States) that one of the Romanov children – a daughter named Anastasia – survived. Along with Nicholas, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, their five children, and the Romanov’s four remaining servants perished. The historical event it’s woven around is the Russian Revolution – actually, two separate ones – that occurred in 1917 and led to the abdication and eventual assassination of Tsar Nicholas II. I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon is one of those novels. When I read a well-executed historical novel, it typically sends me on a mini research bender where I try to read up on the era or the event as much as I can. ![]()
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