Overview
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 The Resurrection of the Romanovs draws on a wealth of new information from previously unpublished materials and unexplored sources to probe the most enduring Romanov mystery of all: the fate of the Tsar's youngest daughter, Anastasia, whose remains were not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, 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her knowledge, why people believed her claim, and how it transformed Anastasia into a cultural phenomenon* Draws on unpublished materials including Schanzkowska family memoirs, legal papers, and exclusive access to private documents of the British and Hessian Royal Families* Includes 75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.
Full Product Details
Author: Greg King ,
Penny Wilson
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 16.40cm
, Height: 3.50cm
, Length: 23.90cm
Weight: 0.750kg
ISBN: 9780470444986
ISBN 10: 0470444983
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 01 December 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'...the book presents a large amount of information in an accessible way, and will certainly answer many questions.' (RussiaProfile.org, February 2011).
‘…the book presents a large amount of information in an accessible way, and will certainly answer many questions.' (RussiaProfile.org, February 2011).
Author Information
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.
