From the bestselling author of "The Hidden Diary of Marie
Antoinette" comes a dramatic novel and powerful love story about
the last Russian imperial family.
It is 1989 and Daria Gradov is an elderly grandmother living in
the rural West. What neighbors and even her children don't know,
however, is that she is not who she claims to be--the widow of a
Russian immigrant of modest means. In actuality she began her life
as the Grand Duchess Tatiana, known as Tania to her parents, Tsar
Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra.
And so begins the latest entrancing historical entertainment by
Carolly Erickson. At its center is young Tania, who lives a life of
incomparable luxury in pre-Revolutionary Russia, from the
magnificence of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg to the family's
private enclave outside the capital. Tania is one of four
daughters, and the birth of her younger brother Alexei is both a
blessing and a curse. When he is diagnosed with hemophilia and the
key to his survival lies in the mysterious power of the illiterate
monk Rasputin, it is merely an omen of much worse things to come.
Soon war breaks out and revolution sweeps the family from power and
into claustrophobic imprisonment in Siberia. Into Tania's world
comes a young soldier whose life she helps to save and who becomes
her partner in daring plans to rescue the imperial family from
certain death.
General
Imprint: |
St. Martin's Griffin
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Reading Group Gold |
Release date: |
August 2009 |
First published: |
August 2009 |
Authors: |
Carolly Erickson
|
Dimensions: |
213 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-312-54723-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
|
LSN: |
0-312-54723-4 |
Barcode: |
9780312547233 |
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