BTW, you can read an excerpt from it, it's quite funny. This may be a goof, but maybe not.. Hard to tell with these loons...
I have read the excerpt, and it appears that this is a "self-published e-book"? Just from the excerpt, there are a number of problems of grammar and punctuation. Thus I presume there was no proof-reader, other than the author? I would certainly think that English would be her native language?
Added to these questions, there is the, IMO, tiresome and repetitive use of the appositive, "the real Anastasia." As in Shakespeare's words ("Hamlet"), "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
The usage of the word "noble" is very strange, IMO, in referring to the supposed "Anastasia," as opposed to using "royalty/Imperial."
Granted, this is just a VERY LIMITED excerpt, but IMO, reading would be very difficult with the different "twists and turns" demonstrated thus far. Still it would be interesting to see the method of the appearance of "Czarina Anastasia" apparently in Wisconsin, USA. Of course, another poster has already picked-up on the "CZARINA" bit.
Ideally, I would hope that this author would appear on this Forum (perhaps a member already, under another name?), so that clarifications, etc., could be requested.
In the meanwhile, I do believe that I will "pass" on this survivor/claimant, etc. Regards, AP.
As an afterthought: This author mentions a "half sister." Several years ago on this Forum, a pair of "sisters" claimed that they were directly descended from the Emperor Nicholas II.....yes, Nicholas II, that's not a typo. When challenged on this, they replied that THEY had made a typo and were descended from the Emperor Nicholas I (the First). I believe that the sisters used the name surname "Romanov," though both apparently now had married names. Feeling miffed at our understandably astonished inquiries, they ultimately disappeared from this board. I wonder if there could possibly be a connection here? Just my own wondering. AP.
