This book presents itself as the autobiography of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaevna of Russia, the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, written by Eugenia Smith — a woman who claimed to be the duchess who survived the 1918 Romanov execution. The text attracted significant attention and controversy at the time of its publication, as the question of Anastasia’s survival was widely debated in the 20th century.
DNA evidence has since settled the historical question definitively, but this public-domain volume remains a fascinating document of the Anastasia legend and its hold on the popular imagination. Download the free EPUB for a curious piece of 20th-century history.