The Great American Myth (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Great American Myth

Strange and involved beyond measure are the variations of it. The real Dmitri, heir to the throne of Ivan the Terrible, was mur dered when a child. Yet three false Dmitris successively appeared. The first, actually crowned tsar, was killed in Moscow before a year was out, but a militant following promptly hailed the sec ond. Moreover, although the two in no point resembled each other, the widow of the first soon acknowledged the second as her former husband!

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