$5.95 This is the only authentic autobiography of the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaevna, fourth daughter of the late Emperor Nicholas II and the late Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia. The Grand Duchess Anastasia furnishes authentic information and many previously unpublished details concerning the life of the Imperial Family and suite from the days of her childhood to the date of the murder of her parents and other members of her Family in Ekaterinburg on the night of July 16-17, 1918. Her story is divided into six major parts: the youthful years, the period of the First World War, arrest and exile, life in Tobolsk, life in Ekaterinburg, and the period after the tragedy which includes her rescue and escape to Bukovina. The life of a Grand Duchess of Russia was no downy bed of roses. Discipline was imposed by the Tsar and Tsarina, particularly the latter. Study was an essential duty which took many hours. During the war years there were responsibilities connected with the operation of hospitals for the wounded. Always over the Family hung the fear of the possible demise of the heir to the throne, the young Tsesarevich and Grand Duke Alexei Nicholaevich, who had inherited haemophilia through his Mother. The Grand Duchess Anastasia rejects vigorously various accusations directed against each of her parents. She explains in her preface the reasons for her long submergence and for her present re-emergence forty-five years after her reported death. Her style is brisk and invigorating. Her sense of humor repeatedly delights with accounts of lighter events and anecdotes. This is an invaluable historical record. ROBERT SPELLER & SONS, Publishers 33 West 42nd Street New York, N.Y. 10036 [Illustration: _Photograph by Stephen Gaillard_ _Portrait by Richard Banks_ H.I.H. THE GRAND DUCHESS ANASTASIA NICHOLAEVNA OF RUSSIA] ANASTASIA The Autobiography of H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaevna of Russia Volume I [Illustration] ROBERT SPELLER & SONS, PUBLISHERS New York © 1963 by Robert Speller & Sons, Publishers, Inc. 33 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 63-22672 First edition All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America WITH LOVE AND ESTEEM I dedicate this book _To My Family:_ _To My Father, His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor Nicholas II,_ _To My Mother, Her Imperial Majesty, the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna,_ _To My Brother, His Imperial Highness, the Tsesarevich Alexei Nicholaevich,_ _To My Sisters, Their Imperial Highnesses, the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, and Marie;_ _To those dear and understanding friends who perished with My Family in Ekaterinburg;_ _Dr. Eugene Botkin, Mlle. Anna Demidova, Ivan Kharitonov, and Trup;_