05328cam a2200769 4500 562411849 TxAuBib 20220424120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780425286173 0425286177 B076GQKBCD Amazon 1b35fe30-f1f1-47ab-a5b7-4556ac00b0a4 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3743923 OverDrive (Product ID) 546269 546269 546269 TxAuBib Gortner, C. W. The Romanov Empress [Libby eBook] : A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna. Random House Publishing Group, 2018. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 5533kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 4996kB. historical biographical fiction. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. historical literary fiction. historical fiction novels. historical fiction books. Nicholas II of Russia. biographical fiction. Russian royal family. Historical Fiction. Russian Revolution. historical novels. literary fiction. historical novel. russian history. revolutionaries. imperial russia. St. Petersburg. Russian Empire. Royal Family. the romanovs. family life. World War I. Historical. Anastasia. politics. Romanovs. marriage. Rasputin. royalty. Romanov. tsarina. family. novels. Russia. love. HTML:For readers of Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir comes a dramatic novel of the beloved Empress Maria, the Danish princess who became the mother of the last Russian tsar. “This epic tale is captivating and beautifully told.”—Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours Barely nineteen, Minnie knows that her station in life as a Danish princess is to leave her family and enter into a royal marriage—as her older sister Alix has done, moving to  England to wed Queen Victoria’s eldest son. The winds of fortune bring Minnie to Russia, where she marries the Romanov heir, Alexander, and once he ascends the throne, becomes empress. When resistance to his reign strikes at the heart of her family and the tsar sets out to crush all who oppose him, Minnie—now called Maria—must tread a perilous path of compromise in a country she has come to love. Her husband’s death leaves their son Nicholas as the inexperienced ruler of a deeply divided and crumbling empire. Determined to guide him to reforms that will bring Russia into the modern age, Maria faces implacable opposition from Nicholas’s strong-willed wife, Alexandra, whose fervor has led her into a disturbing relationship with a mystic named Rasputin. As the unstoppable wave of revolution rises anew to engulf Russia, Maria will face her most dangerous challenge and her greatest heartache. From the opulent palaces of St. Petersburg and the intrigue-laced salons of the aristocracy to the World War I battlefields and the bloodied countryside occupied by the Bolsheviks, C. W. Gortner sweeps us into the anarchic fall of an empire and the complex, bold heart of the woman who tried to save it. Praise for The Romanov Empress “Timely . . . [Gortner’s] ability to weave what reads as a simple tale from such complex historical and familial storylines is impressive. . . . Maria’s life as a royal reads like a historical soap opera.”—USA Today “Gortner, an experienced hand at recreating the unique aura of a particular time and place, will deftly sweep historical-fictions fans into this glamorous, turbulent, and ultimately tragic chapter in history.”—Booklist (starred review) “Mesmerizing . . . This insightful first-person account of the downfall of the Romanov rule . . . is the powerful story of a mother trying to save her family and an aristocrat fighting to maintain rule in a country of rebellion.”—Publishers Weekly “A twist on the tragic story you’ve heard many times before.”—Bustle. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-06-23 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1b35fe30-f1f1-47ab-a5b7-4556ac00b0a4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1b35fe30-f1f1-47ab-a5b7-4556ac00b0a4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1b35fe30-f1f1-47ab-a5b7-4556ac00b0a4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)