![]() ![]() Unlike her eldest sister Olga, who wrote frequently in her diaries about the political climate in Russia, Anastasia had teenage preoccupations: crushes, gossip, and lessons. Anastasia was a sixteen-year-old girl when she died, and an incredibly immature sixteen-year-old at that. Why write about Olga, rather than her better-known sister Anastasia?Īs a frequently impersonated historical figure (the subject of an animated Fox movie) Anastasia holds a lot of interest to modern audiences-but as the protagonist of a book which focuses on the political dynamics surrounding the fall of the Romanovs, she's less compelling. ![]() ![]() ![]() Two Interviews with Bryn Turnbull: The Last Grand Duchess, which chronicles the fall of the Romanovs, and The Woman Before Wallis, the story of Thelma Furness, the woman who lost Edward Prince of Wales to Wallis Simpson. ![]()
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