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Tuesday, April 25, 2017
The Enduring Myth of Anastasia
I'm proud to share a story I wrote for Town & Country on Grand Duchess Anastasia. Why, a century later, do we still want to believe the Bolshevik slaughter of the Romanov royal family in 1918? I dug into the history, reading a great many books and looking up newspaper stories. I visited a Russian cathedral on the Upper East side of Manhattan, talking to a "White Russian," and interviewed the lyricist who wrote songs for the musical on Anastasia that opened yesterday.
Read the entire story here.
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Fascinating - one of the enduring mysteries of the 20th century - almost as big as who killed JFK. Your last question says it all - a big 'what if'. Of course, if there hadn't been a war, perhaps the Romanovs would have hung on and the world would look rather different. Great article.
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