The family was put under house arrest at the Alexander Palace, and eventually were moved across the country along with a handful of servants. Anastasia was actually about 16 at the time. Petersburg had gotten so bad, they were living just outside of the city, in another residence called the Alexander Palace. They flee for their lives! They run to the train station! Anastasia is accidentally lost in the chaos!Īnastasia and her family were long, long out of the Winter Palace by the time the February revolution happened. Anastasia is about 8 years old, give or take. Let’s break down the movie piece by piece, shall we?Īnastasia and her family are run out of the Winter Palace during the February revolution. I thought for this post, it’d be fun to break down what history the Anastasia movie modified, and what bits are true. For this, I am sorry.Īnyway– in the author’s note in TSARINA I explain what history I modified and what history I stuck to.
I admit, though, that there aren’t any Russian bats in my book.
Of course, TSARINA is also a fictionalization of history too, so don’t think I’m judging-but I am pretty proud of the fact that, magic aside, the book is rather historically accurate, even down to the street names. Either way, they take the animated movie as truth rather than a fictionalization of history. I don’t know what they think about the talking Russian bat. I mean, sure, they know that the magic bits were probably fake, but they assume Anastasia really did escape, that Rasputin really was the bad guy, and that the talking Russian bat was…well. Here’s the downside to a movie like that though-people think that movie represents what really happened. It’s got wonderful music, a lovely story, the animal sidekick is a Russian bat…what more could you want? I won’t lie-I adore that animated Anastasia movie from the 90s. That Animated Anastasia Movie is Full of Lies Power, that, in the right hands, can save her way of life. It holds a power rooted in the land and stolen from the mystics.Ī power that promises a life of love for her and Alexei Romanov. Genres: Young Adult -Fantasy, Young Adult-HistoricalĪ magical Faberge egg glows within the walls of Russia's Winter Palace.
Published by Razorbill on February 27th 2014
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