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

I’ve never realized before how clearly men need leaders. How adrift we are without them and how the mere sight of one can breathe courage into a room.

And, after all, what is a lie? ’Tis but the truth in masquerade. —LORD BYRON, DON JUAN

There is nothing artistic about rape. Taking a woman by force makes a man no better than the rooster in Tobolsk. It simply makes him an animal.