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Loading... A Romanov Fantasy: Life at the Court of Anna Andersonby Frances Welch
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Interesting story. Toward the end I became bored with it, but finished. The very end with the details of the investigation/testing on DNA, etc was interesting. I would recommend if you enjoy true stories. ( ) Welch's well received biography of Anna Anderson (or, to put it more succinctly, the woman who pretended to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia for some sixty years) manages to both inform and entertain without losing focus or academic content. Certainly the author had quite a task ahead of her: rumors and stories abound about the woman that was Anna Anderson, and it must have been quite a feat for Welch to sift through fact and fiction in a world damaged by tabloid headlines. Parts of note were those that literally delved into Anderson's lifestyle - a surprising and often perplexing world filled with grandiose thoughts and incoherent madness. Welch sporadically confuses the reader with endless names of royals and people mixed up in the claim, but those rough patches soon give way to clear narrative. I went into this book thinking I would get the author's opinion or analysis, but alas, she stays staunchly in the middle and there is little to no bias (which to some would be a good thing). Overall, a pleasing piece of work that brings together numerous lives to uncover one life that has, until now, seemed so elusive. no reviews | add a review
A compelling, eerie and often comic study of discipleship, snobbery and life after death. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)947.08History and Geography Europe Russia and eastern Europe [and formerly Finland] Russian & Slavic History by Period 1855-LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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