My Name was Anastasia (Italian Edition)

"The Romanov Novel: 'Many have told my story. Now, it's my turn.'"

On July 16, 1918, amidst the turmoil shaking Russia after the October Revolution, one of the most violent acts in the history of the empire occurred: the cold-blooded execution of the entire family of Tsar Nicholas II Romanov. His wife and children were all gunned down in the basement of the house in Ekaterinburg where they were under house arrest. No one survived, or so it was thought.

It was February 17, 1920, when a young woman was found in a canal in Berlin, near death from exposure. In the hospital, now safe, doctors discovered her body was covered in horrific scars. And when the woman finally spoke, it was to state her name: Anastasia. Many did not believe her; to them, she was simply Anna Anderson, a Polish immigrant living in Germany, only interested in the fortune of the Tsarist family. But in Europe, a rumor began to spread among exiled royals and high society circles that the young Anastasia had survived. That the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra, the spirited child everyone loved, was still alive.

Amid speculation, truth, and deception, Ariel Lawhon crafts a rich, surprising, and precious novel like a Fabergé egg, telling us the incredible story of Anastasia Romanov and Anna Anderson, the woman who always claimed to be the Russian Grand Duchess, skillfully playing with history and its mysteries.

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