Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson by Peter Kurth
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Book Reviews of Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson
Book Review: Don't Confuse Mr. Kurth With the Facts
Summary: 1 Stars
Peter Kurth's insistence in holding to the belief that Anna Anderson was the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II is nothing less than pathetic. He tries, with no success, to discount and even ignore the DNA evidence indicating otherwise. On his web site, Kurth makes such feeble arguments such as DNA tests results cannot explain why Anna Anderson was fluent in English from an early age and a cultured lady. He is correct, but what DNA evidence can explain is that Anna Anderson is in no way genetically related to Nicholas II, the Empress Alexandra or any other member of the Romanov family. Kurth also points to the fact that two skeletons were missing and not re-buried in St. Petersburg. The two missing skeletons were those of Alexi and Maria; Anastasia's remains were identified. Now the missing skeletons have been found, in a grave near where the others were buried, and they are a genetic match with the Romanov remains.
If you are looking for a scholarly work on the subject, don't buy this book. Peter Kurth's attitude of don't confuse me with the facts cast serious doubt on all of his work.
Book Review: Silly...
Summary: 1 Stars
A very silly fable spun by a man almost clinically obsessed with the fraud Franciszka Szanckowska (note that Kurth cannot even spell her name right, making it into some bizarre "Schanskowska"), alias Anna Anderson, the person who claimed to have been Princess Anastasia and who was exposed decades ago by Grand Duke Ernest and the team of detectives he hired... Nowadays this book about a has-been fraud is interesting only from a psychological point of view - as a fine example of obsession and denial of one man, and its influences on his psyche (Kurth cannot even force himself to accept the results of DNA tests, proving that "Anderson" was Szanckowska, and he denies them)Book Review: Riddle of Anna Anderson
Summary: 1 Stars
It is amazing how some people are prepared to accept any substitute to the truth. It is quite clear that Anna Anderson was a fake. Her technique was simple : she faked amnesia so that people would fill her in with details of the Romanov family with the hope of awaking her memory. She would then use these "memories" when talking to other people like Mr. Kurth for example. If Mr. Kurth and his followers are so convinced the tissue that was analysed for DNA testing was not that of Anna Anderson, why don't they propose to exhume the body and do other DNA tests under their constant supervision. Not offering to to do is a sign of intended malversation.Book Review: Another one for the nutjobs
Summary: 1 Stars
The credibility of this book should have been destroyed by the DNA testing which disclosed Anna Anderson's true identity, but of course there are stil circles of people out there who will bend over backwards to invent any and every theory that works with their fantasy. If the science doesn't agree with them, then of course the science must be wrong. What else is new? That in the year 2007 people continue to tout this imposter as Anastasia is an insult to Anastasia's memory.Book Review: She's NOT Anastasia
Summary: 1 Stars
Okay, so it may seem exciting that someone actually survived the massacre of the Romanovs. It's fanciful, romantic....blah, blah, blah. I could remain open to speculation. But the DNA evidence proves that Anna Anderson was nothing but a big time fraud. And to think that her husband was deluded into thinking he married royalty. He married a peasant who fooled the world.