I Am Anastasia

Los Angeles erupted in racist violence on 3rd June, 1943 in a week of riots that exposed deep tensions in wartime America. California’s Mexican-American “Pachuco” youth had adopted the zoot suit style from African-American jazz culture. But to many white Americans the fashion app ...  Show more

Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson made an important discovery, by accident, on June 2, 1875. While working on their ‘harmonic telegraph’. Watson inadvertently plucked a reed that had been tightly wound around the pole of its electromagnet, producing a twang that Bell heard ...  Show more

Thanks HelloFresh! Go to https://www.hellofresh.com/50teatime  and use code 50TEATIME for 50% off plus free shipping! The daughters of Tsar Nikolai II of Russia and his wife Alexandra Feodrovna were born into the wealthiest royal family in the world. Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anast ...  Show more

Franziska Schanzkowsky always thought she was destined for something bigger than the life of a Polish peasant. In 1921, after the fall of the Romanov Empire, 24-year-old Franziska claimed she was the Grand Duchess Anastasia, the youngest daughter of deposed Tsar Nicholas II. But ...  Show more

L'empereur Nicolas II, tsar de toutes les Russies, dirige son empire d’une main de fer. Tourmenté par la maladie de son fils, le prince héritier, il peine à se montrer à l’écoute de son peuple. Sa mort tragique signe la fin de la Russie impériale et de la dynastie des Romanov, et ...  Show more

When Tsar Nicholas II was executed in 1918 the Bolsheviks pumped the Russian media full of misinformation. The official story was that the Tsarina and the Prince had been spared and moved to a safe location. Absolutely nothing was said about the four imperial princesses. This wou ...  Show more