In 1918, the immediate family-Czar Nicholas, Czarina Alexandra, and their four children-were executed by firing squad. Of all of history’s royal families, and the mysteries and conspiracies associated with them, few have captured the public imagination as obsessively as the Romanovs, who ruled Russia for nearly 300 years until they were forced out of power in 1917 by Bolshevik revolutionaries. That is, until I read Ariel Lawhon’s historical thriller I WAS ANASTASIA. It’s embarrassing, really-my entire life is reading and recommending books, after all-but it’s just so much pressure to have someone else’s experience on the line, and it’s hard to think on the fly of a book that’s not only a good story, but also has unforgettable characters, sweeping settings, and page-turning action. Usually when someone asks me what book to read, my mind goes completely blank.
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