I Was Anastasia

by Ariel Lawhon

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten. —RUDYARD KIPLING, THE COLLECTED WORKS

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A few biographies I turned to again and again while writing I Was Anastasia were The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport; The Romanovs by Simon Sebag Montefiore; The Riddle of Anna Anderson by Peter Kurth; The Last Days of the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport; The Resurrection of the Romanovs by Greg King and Penny Wilson; The Jewels of the Romanovs by Stefano Papi; Anastasia: The Lost Princess by James Blair Lovell; and The Romanovs: The Final Chapter by Robert K. Massie.