**spoiler alert** When a young woman was pulled from a canal in Berlin, her rescuers noticed a resemblance to Anastasia Romanov; the daughter of Nichol**spoiler alert** When a young woman was pulled from a canal in Berlin, her rescuers noticed a resemblance to Anastasia Romanov; the daughter of Nicholas II Emperor of Russia.
Anastasia gave them what they wanted to hear, stories of the family in Russia and Siberia. Her details were very accurate.
People showered her with gifts of money, lodging, fine clothes. There were countless people that surrounded her with their own stories.
She carried on this charade for years. She was a good actress.
I wish the author had written the story in a better chronological order....more