tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005037379064329761.post6966770225831644323..comments2023-11-03T20:22:26.360+11:00Comments on ALPHA reader: 'Anastasia's Secret' by Susanne DUNLAPDaniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08440460463119645788noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005037379064329761.post-81865002233467735312013-01-14T21:53:33.005+11:002013-01-14T21:53:33.005+11:00For many decades there were false Anastasia's ...For many decades there were false Anastasia's - women who came forward claiming to be the Russian princes. One woman called Anna Anderson even entered into a length legal battle from 1938-1970 to prove she was the real Anastasia. <br /><br />There were also reports of Bolshevik soldiers searching trains and safe houses for Anastasia Romanov shortly after her supposed death - leading many to believe she had escaped her family's fate some how. This was further compounded because only 3 partial skeletons were found at the burial sight - leading to more speculations that some soldiers had helped Anastasia to escape.<br /><br />Sadly, technology put an end to the fanciful hope that Anastasia survived and went into hiding. DNA testing in 1994 proved that Anna Anderson was an impostor. And in 2007 a Russian archaeologist found burned, partial skeletons at a bonfire where a Bolshevik soldier wrote in his memoirs they'd gotten rid of the bodies. Further DNA testing (through many different laboratories) proved these to be the remains of young Alexei and one of his sisters - meaning all five Romanov bodies are now accounted for. None of them survived, they died together.<br /><br />There have been countless documentaries made about the Anastasia impostors - but I'm not sure of any that now include the conclusive 2007 DNA evidence ruling out any possibility of her survival. <br />Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440460463119645788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005037379064329761.post-21592783306200350172013-01-14T20:41:18.536+11:002013-01-14T20:41:18.536+11:00what really happened to anastasia?what really happened to anastasia?cecilethinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11068944660096960890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005037379064329761.post-75696929622989160422012-04-04T10:56:30.570+10:002012-04-04T10:56:30.570+10:00i like the book alot its facinating and amazingi like the book alot its facinating and amazingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005037379064329761.post-16775334977278026802011-05-15T14:50:34.047+10:002011-05-15T14:50:34.047+10:00The animated movie was made by 20th century, not d...The animated movie was made by 20th century, not disney....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005037379064329761.post-82165269432179254162010-10-21T07:12:33.483+11:002010-10-21T07:12:33.483+11:00@ Cass - yes, I really reveal my history geekiness...@ Cass - yes, I really reveal my history geekiness in this review :) I'm just glad that International History course I took at university is paying off... all those 5,000-word essays on the turning points of the Russian Revolution and the role the Imperial family played in preventing revolution in 1905 and succumbing in 1917. <br /><br />I totally agree about the ending, btw. But I'm okay with it.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440460463119645788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005037379064329761.post-48826259641649295762010-10-21T06:04:48.438+11:002010-10-21T06:04:48.438+11:00great review and it sounds very good, but not real...great review and it sounds very good, but not really my cup of tea hehe<br /><br />btw... dying to see what you think of Double Cross! =PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18029884909672059641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005037379064329761.post-59997362172992717772010-10-20T23:32:42.476+11:002010-10-20T23:32:42.476+11:00Why do you have to write such amazing and extravag...Why do you have to write such amazing and extravagant reviews? I'm not as much of a history nut as you, it seems, so my review isn't as FULL OUT as this. I really did love ANASTASIA'S SECRET, though. I definitely see myself re-reading it in the future. Being someone who only vaguely knew what happened during the Russian Revolution (especially the end), I found it both historically invigorating and informative, as well as just a wonderful story.<br /><br />I'm still unsure about the ending. I mean, I did seem it fitting that the narrative ends with hope, and that sense of journey and togetherness...but, I don't know. Maybe I should discredit my uncertainty about it, since it would have been extremely hard to write about the "end" if it were in her perspective. :/<br /><br />Gave it 4.5 as well. I'm so glad I read it though. :D Makes me sad that I didn't pick up some historical fiction early, only recently.Casshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07568646164849243366noreply@blogger.com