It's different now, like pushing the stop lever on my camera until nothing except the war can squeeze through the lens.
Sarah MillerMots clés war russia russian-revolution anastasia otma romanovs tsar-nicholas
My sisters and I sit together on a pair of suitcases. If we've forgotten anything, it's already too late -- our rooms have all been sealed and photographed. Anyway, Tatiana would say it's bad luck to return for something you've forgotten.
Sarah MillerMots clés war russia exile russian-revolution traveling anastasia otma romanovs tsar-nicholas-ii
I'll pretend, I tell myself. Pretending is safer than believing.
Sarah MillerMots clés war russia believing russian-revolution pretending anastasia otma romanovs tsar-nicholas-ii
We should be used to it," Tatiana reasons. "There have always been lines separating us from the rest of the world, whether they were satin ribbons or iron rails.
Sarah MillerMots clés russia royalty russian-revolution otma romanovs tsar-nicholas
I wish I wasn't an imperial highness or an ex-grand duchess. I'm sick of people doing things to me because of what I am. Girl-in-white-dress. Short-one-with-fringe. Daughter-of-the-tsar. Child-of-the-ex-tyrant. I want people to look and see me, Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, not the caboose on a train of grand duchesses. Someday, I promise myself, no one will be able to hear my name or look at my picture and suppose they know all about me. Someday I will do something bigger than what I am.
Sarah MillerMots clés life inspirational self russia royalty russian-revolution anastasia otma romanovs tsar-nicholas
It is one of the supreme ironies of history that the blessed birth of an only son should have proved the mortal blow. Even as the saluting cannons boomed and the flags waved, Fate had prepared a terrible story. Along with the lost battles and sunken ships, the bombs, the revolutionaries and their plots, the strikes and revolts, Imperial Russia was toppled by a tiny defect in the body of a little boy.
Robert K. MassieMots clés history russia romanovs
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