On 12 February 1984, Grand Duchess Anastasia of the overthrown Romanov family died – or so many believed. In fact, this elderly lady was an imposter; a Polish peasant girl who’d duped the world for over five decades. When the lie was revealed, this great conspiracy once again captivated the world. But the imperial family were no stranger to mystery and intrigue – over the course of three centuries, the Romanovs courted scandal, from the trysts of Catherine the Great to the disappearance of Ivan VI.