02558cam a2200385 i 4500 386572338 TxAuBib 20190716120000.0 170710s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017030326 9781101973318 trade pbk. $16.00 1101973315 trade pbk. $16.00 9780385541695 $26.95 0385541694 $26.95 (OCoLC)988299484 TxAuBib rda Lawhon, Ariel,. I was Anastasia : a novel / Ariel Lawhon. First edition. New York : Doubleday, [2018] 333 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Did Anastasia Romanov survive the Russian Revolution, or was Anna Anderson, the woman who notoriously claimed her identity, an impostor? Russia, July 17, 1918: Under direct orders from Vladimir Lenin, Bolshevik secret police force Anastasia Romanov, along with the entire imperial family, into a damp basement in Siberia where they face a merciless firing squad. None survive. At least that is what the executioners have always claimed. Germany, February 17, 1920: A young woman bearing an uncanny resemblance to Anastasia Romanov is pulled shivering and senseless from a canal. Refusing to explain her presence in the freezing water or even acknowledge her rescuers, she is taken to the hospital where an examination reveals that her body is riddled with countless, horrific scars. When she finally does speak, this frightened, mysterious young woman claims to be the Russian Grand Duchess. As rumors begin to circulate through European society that the youngest Romanov daughter has survived the massacre at Ekaterinburg, old enemies and new threats are awakened. The question of who this woman is and what actually happened to Anastasia creates a saga that spans fifty years and three continents."-- Provided by publisher. 20190716. Anastasii︠a︡ Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess, daughter of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1901-1918 Fiction. Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918. Family Assassination Fiction. Romanov, House of History 20th century Fiction. Princesses Russia Fiction. Impersonation Fiction. Biographical fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Suspense fiction.