Tsarina
Alpsten, Ellen, 1971-2020
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Spring 1690: Illegitimate and destitute and strikingly beautiful, Marta has survived the brutal Russian winter in her remote Baltic village. Sold by her family into household labour at the age of fifteen, Marta befriends a maid who kills herself after being repeatedly raped by their master. The next night, he comes for her. A world away, Russia's new ruler, Peter the Great, passionate and iron-willed, has a vision for transforming the traditionalist Tsardom of Russia into a modern, Western empire. Countless lives will be lost in the process. Forced to go on the run with her terrible secret, Marta cheats death at every turn, finding work as a washerwoman at a battle camp. One night at a celebration, she encounters Peter himself. Relying on her wits and her formidable courage, and fuelled by ambition, desire and the sheer will to live, Marta will become Catherine I of Russia. But her rise to the top is ridden with peril; how long will she survive the machinations of Peter's court, and more importantly, Peter himself?
Main title:
Tsarina / a novel by Ellen Alpsten.
Author:
Alpsten, Ellen, 1971-, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.©2020
Collation:
xi, 470 pages : map ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526606433 (paperback)1526606437 (paperback)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
370546
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - General | ALPS | Available |