Anderson was pulled from a Berlin river in 1920. But Lawhon blends the before and after stories together by concurrently telling Anna Anderson’s story. It’s impossible not to anticipate the heart wrenching end of the Romanov family. Lawhon follows the dramatic change in status, while also revealing Anastasia’s impish and spirited personality. That is, until the Russian Revolution happened in 1918. She and her siblings lived a privileged life with tutors, jewels, and Imperial palaces. Both are real people, with well-documented stories, despite having occurred during the twentieth century.Īnastasia was the fourth daughter of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II. Lawhon tells the first-person narrative of Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov, but mixes it in with a third-person narrative of Anna Anderson. You start with the edges and work your way back towards the middle. Reading I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon is a bit like putting a jigsaw puzzle together.
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