Ariel Lawhon does a masterful job spinning the tale in I Was Anastasia (#737). Starting in 1970, she pulls the reader further and further back in time to relate what happened to Anna Anderson and the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanov. Are they, could they possibly be, the same person? Anna Anderson always claimed so. This novel will keep the reader guessing until the final pages.
The story switches from the Grand Duchess' experiences told in first person, to what has happened to Anna Anderson over the intervening years in third person. If you have a hard time keeping track of a book that jumps from character to character, and back and forth in time, this may not be the book for you, but the way the author chooses to tell her story makes perfect sense once you understand what she is doing. That said, Ms. Lawhon specifically cautions the reader in her Author's Note not to read the ending first; it will spoil the book, and she is absolutely right about this. If you've ever had any interest in the doomed Romanov family, you will definitely want to add this book to your "Must Read" list. Recommended.
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