Anastasia and Her Sisters
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.92 (689 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1481403265 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Peasants chafe under the burden of extreme poverty and Tsar Nicholas’s leadership power weakens. The girls’ younger brother suffers from an excruciatingly painful and deadly blood disease, and their parents have chosen to shield the Russian people from the severity of the future tsar’s condition. The secrets and strain are hard on the family, and conditions are equally dire beyond the palace walls. There’s a heavy price to pay for royalty in this compelling—and true—story of Anastasia Romanov and fellow grand duchesses of Russia, from an award-winning novelist.It’s summer in 1914 and the Romanovs are aboard the Standart, the Russian royal yacht. It seems like a fairy tale existence for the four grand duchesses, dressed in beautiful clothes, traveling from palace to palace. And when the unthinkable happens—Germany declares war on Russia—nothing in Anastasia’s world will ever be the same.. Tsar Nicholas, Tsaritsa Alexandra, their four daughters, and t
Anastasia, her four sisters, and her parents are oblivious to warning signs that the tsar's reign is under siege. Anastasia's story transports readers from a privileged lifestyle at the beginning of the 20th-century to her family being the victims of a brutal revolution. This book would be a fine addition to any middle school's historical fiction collection and would pair nicely with Candace Fleming's excellent nonfiction work, The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia(Random, 2014).—Amy Thurow, New Glarus School District, WI . Here, retold by Meyer, it has strong potential to intrigue middle school h
Her many award-winning novels include Mary, Bloody Mary—an ABA’s Pick of the Lists, an NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults—and Marie, Dancing, a Book Sense Pick. She is also the author of Cleopatra Confesses and Victoria Rebels. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and you can visit her at ReadCarolyn. Carolyn Meyer is th
One of the few Lisa Anastasia and her sisters' collective and individual stories have fallen prey to both mythology and writers wild imaginings. Tales of escape and recognition, such as the three "Anastasia" films (starring Ingrid Bergman, Amy Irving, and Meg Ryan, respectively), and sexualizing of the young grand duchesses (as happened to Anastasia herself in "Anastasia's Secret" by Susanne Dunlap) have con. A historical novel that gives these characters life Beauty but a Funny Girl I don't think I'll ever read enough books about the Romanov family - especially when it comes to the Grand Duchesses. Carolyn Meyer is no stranger to turning the stories of historical characters into works of fiction (she does stick close to the facts but also takes a creative license when telling these stories), nor is she a stranger to Anastasia Romanov having years ago written Anastasi. GB said A wonderful read, but a sad ending. I recently discovered and became obsessed with Carolyn Meyers and her fabulous books. "Anastasia and Her Sisters" is the latest one I have read. She is masterful at historical fiction, and it is evident that she is meticulous with her research. In this book, she breathes life into the tragic figures of the Romanov family who once ruled Russia. I was so enthralled I could not put it down.