Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson by Peter Kurth
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Book Reviews of Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson
Book Review: Looking back on Anna Anderson
Summary: 5 Stars
"Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson" was written before the "official" discovery of the Romanov bones, therefore, Anna Anderson could not have undergone DNA testing, when this book was published in 1983. Without getting into the DNA testing, there is one question throughout the story of Anna Anderson that was either never asked by Kurth or never asked by Anna Anderson's opponents. According to Anderson's story, she ["Anastasia"] escaped Ekaterinburg with an Ipatiev House guard, Alexander Tschaikovsky. "Anastasia" and Tschaikovsky made their way to Bucharest, Romania--where "Anastasia" gave birth to a son, and the two were married in a Catholic church. Here's the problem. Anastasia Romanov was Orthodox. Why would she marry in a Catholic church? In Russia, this could be understandable; but in Romania, which is also predominately Orthodox? That is one question Kurth, or Anderson's opponents, never asked.Book Review: Oh, we're never all going to agree, but...
Summary: 5 Stars
In support of Mr Kurth's scrupulously researched and fascinating opus, it is worth pointing out that the world's media seized all too readily on the results of "Fraulein Unbekannt's" bowel tissue(!) Ok, so those of us who were convinced by this book would definitely have triumphantly seized upon a positive DNA match between Anna Anderson & the Romanov bones as the last scientific word, but all the same... Those DNA tests not only contradicted all the other evidence pointing to Anna's authenticity, they contradicted each other. Three DNA tests were done - two very strongly resulting in a DNA match between Anna and a great nephew of Franzizka Shanzkowzka, but the third matching neither with the Romanov's NOR the Shanzozkowzka's. Whilst not proving Anna was Grand Duchess Anastasia, it certainly proves these results simply are not reliable, and, yup folks, this mystery is far from over.Book Review: Great Read
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book twice in the 1980s. It is truly fascinating. Its one of those books that completely draws you in. By the time I finished it, I was convinced without a shadow of a doubt that Anna Anderson was indeed Anastasia. I was so convinced that when DNA tests were done in the early 90s and experts declared that Ms. Anderson was not Anastasia, I thought it had to be a mistake. I still find it hard to believe that it was not her. She knew things that only someone inside the Romanov family inner circle would know. If Anna was not Anastasia she even managed to fool an old childhood friend of Anastasia.The woman was either psychic, lucky and an incredible actress, or she was the real deal and the DNA tests were a crock.
Book Review: One of the century's great mysteries
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book after seeing "Anastasia", starring Ingrid Bergmen. This book held my attention the entire time. As I read the book I realized the trials this woman went through just to prove who she was. She was a lost soul, and whether or not she was the Grand Duchess Anastasia, your heart can't help but go out to this orphan. She was also a woman who was haunted by ghosts and suffered from depression. She was someone who truly needed love and a family. The two things she was always denied. I took this book to class with me everyday. (I'm sixteen years old) and I read it with eager interest, somtimes forgetting about my homework. I would recommend this book to anyone.Book Review: A Grand Book for a Grand Duchess!
Summary: 5 Stars
It was a great pleasure for me to read Peter Kurth's book. I have read most of the books written about the Anna Anderson/Anastasia affair and I find Mr. Kurth's book to be the best due to the extensive amount of research he has performed. Although the DNA "evidence" has concluded that Anna Anderson Manahan was a polish factory worker...I still believe that she was indeed Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaevna Romanov. I would highly recommend Peter Kurth's book to anyone interested in this subject because it provides an opportunity to learn about all of the other overwhelming evidence in Mrs. Manahan's favor that contradicts the DNA results.