The winds of fortune bring Minnie to Russia, where she marries the Romanov heir and becomes empress once he ascends the throne. Narrated by the mother of Russia’s last tsar, this vivid, historically authentic novel brings to life the courageous story of Maria Feodorovna, one of Imperial Russia’s most compelling women who witnessed the splendor and tragic downfall of the Romanovs as she fought to save her dynasty in the final years of its long reign.īarely 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. When THE ROMANOV EMPRESS came up for review, this was a no brainer-100% yes.Įven from behind the throne, a woman can rule. Whoever his cover artist is, has a fantastic eye for color, detail, and mood. Not to mention every single one of his book covers are to DIE for. Though he writes historical fiction, his novels have just the right amount of fiction and history to make them both readable and realistic. He always writes about interesting women in history.
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