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Lovell, James Blair : Anastasia The Lost Princess

Regnery Publishing, Inc., 1989

ISBN 0895265362

1.4 x 9 x 6.2 Inches; 448 pages, Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Lovell, James Blair : Anastasia: The Lost Princess

Henry Regnery Co., New York, 1991

ISBN 0895265362

512pp. B&W Illustrations The youngest daughter of Nicholas II, Czar of all the Russias, 8vo, Fine in Very Good DJ

1st Edition

LOVELL, JAMES BLAIR: : ANASTASIA THE LOST PRINCESS

LONDON.ROBSON BOOKS LTD.,1992.

ISBN 086518078.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn and price-clipped dw/dj. Subject's bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with mauve,gilt and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Rear top corner of dw/dj with a small closed tear but without any loss.Majority of light creasing to top edges of dw/dj and both head+foot of spine. Top edges lightly aged with some minimal spotting,fore-edges similar but still bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,vii-xxviiipp+3-526pp [paginated] includes an Introduction,Books 1-6 comprising 10,10,8,10,14 and 6 chapters respectively,an Epilogue,16pp contemporary b/w biog/autobiographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp164/65 and pp324/25 respectively,Appendices (4),Source notes,a Bibliography,Acknowledgements and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and 4pp blanks at the rear.  "Don't forget me," she wrote to a friend in 1917. History has not forgotten the youngest daughter of Nicholas II, Czar of all the Russias.Neither has it done her justice.An enduring legend has grown around her,embellished by novels,motion pictures,television programmes,a ballet,popular songs and even comic books.Truth has been obscured by romantic fictions,and her life's thread has been woven into the tapestry of myth. Hers was the Cinderella story in reverse,a fairy tale gone wrong.                                  Her name has become synonymous with enigma - Anastasia.She lived most of her adult life under the concealment of a false name,Anna Anderson, which was an attempt to avoid the harsh glare of unwanted publicity.Nonetheless,her life was dramatically portrayed - from Broadway to the West End - by Ingrid Bergman,Julie Harris,Amy Irving and other renowned actresses.Throughout it all,she refused to co-operate with the numerous journalists who sought to uncover the truth about the mystery of Anastasia.            In 1972,James Blair Lovell met Anna Anderson and she agreed to enter into an unprecedented collaboration with the young American writer.No restrictions upon his sources or methods of research were imposed,and he was allowed complete freedom to arrive at whatever conclusions the evidence indicated.Lovell embarked on a quest that would span two decades in order to determine if this remarkable woman was in fact the last surviving member of the Russian imperial family,the Grand Duchess Anastasia.                                       His meticulous research included amazingly candid conversations with Anna Anderson herself, and acquisition of a Romanov archive thought to be the largest still in private ownership.It includes documents; letters; paintings; scores of unpublished photographs,many taken by members of the Russian imperial family; and more than one hundred hours of audio tapes that are the only existing record of Anna Anderson/Anastasia telling her life's story in her own words. Lovell's long-awaited book establishes the facts behind the manufactured myth of Anastasia.Above all,his revelatory account of the lost princess tells the haunting story of a girl - scarred for life by the brutality of her Bolshevik captors - who grew into adulthood,obsessed with trying to maintain her anonymity while seeking affirmation of her true identity. Now,with the Soviet system in ruins,the fictions surrounding the last days of the Czarist empire are torn away.James Blair Lovell's exhaustively researched book has the scope of an epic novel and the timeliness of today's headlines. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

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Lovell, James Blair : Anastasia : The Lost Princess

Robson Books, London, 1992

ISBN 0860518078

8vo. 526pp. A biography of Grand Duchess Anastasia & Anna Anderson. Lower edge of rear d.j. small water stain not affecting the binding or margins. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardback. Jacket: V.g.

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