Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914

This is my favorite book in the Royal Diaries Series. It is about the Princess of Russia, Anastasia Nicholeivna. She was the Last Grand Duchess of the Romanov Dynasty that started with Peter the Great's grandson in the 1600's until the massacre of Anastasia and her family in 1918. Like Elizabeth I, this book shows us how Anastasia's life would be like as a teenage girl, who has never gotten to see her adult years, dying at the mere age of 17 years. Her father was Czar Nicholas II and mother was Czarina Alexandra; with her three older sisters Duchesses Olga,Tatiana and Marie Nicholeivna, and her younger brother Alexei Nicholeivitch. This story is so good because it is funny and witty, and you wouldn't expect a princess to speak the way the author made anastasia speak. It is really funny, and you are able to step out of your shoes and go on the same adventures Anastasia would go. From eating tons of food, to fasting. Trying to be like her older sisters to sneaking around reading their diaries. But the diary was only lively until the Epilogue (which is written in every diary, telling some historical facts) when we learn the real story of the death of the Romanov's, as well as the infamous Anna Anderson, who was famous for persuading Russia and America that she was Princess Anastasia who survived from the shooting. Nicholas II had to abdicate his throne to his brother, who abdicated a few days later and lost the throne forever. We also learn about how weak of a ruler Anastasia's parents were, for Nicholas was too nice and Alexandra depended too much on a wicked man named Rasputin who claimed to be a holy man. Overall, I'd recommend this book to anyone whose interested.