Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson
by Peter Kurth
Book Summary Information
Author: Peter KurthEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1985-06-30
ISBN: 0316507172
Number of pages: 456
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Book Reviews of Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson
Book Review: Riddle me this...
Summary: 4 Stars
When I was young, I remember hearing about Anna Anderson. And thinking "what if she is? What if she is?" It was like a fairy tale - a lost kingdom, an unrecognized princess (okay, grand duchess). This romanticized view was further enhanced by the Ingrid Bergman movie. Is she? Is she? She is...?My interest in this book went beyond the "is she?" question. More profound for me were basic questions of identity.
How can one possibly prove that one is who one is? Think about it. What possible arguments could you make? How could you convince people that you were who you said you were? I realized that one could become lost, cast adrift without the anchor of identity in the world.
Kurth made a very convincing "she is" argument. And it was hauntingly sad to think that maybe, just maybe Anna Anderson had memories of being a cosseted little girl in the palaces of St. Petersburg and because she couldn't proved that she was who she was, she ended up living a large part of her life in squalor - her very self denied.
Science has erased some of these questions and Peter Kurth's book is now dated due to the science of DNA and the good grace of Prince Phillip. But prior to DNA... [prior to DNA results, I would have rated slightly higher - but he was wrong, after all]
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