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- Location(s): Siberia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Young Adult
- Era(s): 1934
In 1934, thirteen-year-old Marya and her younger brother, Georgi, set out alone on a long and arduous journey into Siberia to find their mother after she and their father are exiled for opposing Stalin, in the companion story to...
- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1910
Russia, 1910. Young Valentina Ivanova charms St Petersburg’s aristocracy with her classic Russian beauty and her talent as a pianist. But she scandalises society when she begins a romance with Jens Friis, a Danish engineer. He brings to her...
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Russian Revolution
Drawing from decades of work, travel, and research in Russia, Robert Alexander re-creates the tragic, perennially fascinating story of the final days of Nicholas and Alexandra Romanov as seen through the eyes of their young kitchen boy, Leonka. Now...
- Location(s): Russia, St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Looking back to early 20th Century
A haunting, epic novel about betrayal, revenge, and redemption that follows three generations of Russian women, from the 1917 revolution to the last days of the Soviet Union, and the enduring love story at the center. In a faraway...
- Location(s): Ukraine, Moscow, Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1903-1920
The Little Russian spotlights an exciting new and assured voice in historical fiction. The novel tells the story of Berta Alshonsky, who revels in childhood memories of her time spent with a wealthy family in Moscow––a life filled with...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Early 20th Century
Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia. Like the fingers on a hand–first headstrong Olga, then Tatiana the tallest, Maria most hopeful for a ring, and Anastasia the smallest. These are the daughters of Tsar Nicholas II, grand duchesses living a...
- Location(s): Australia, Russia
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1919 - 1973
A Russian princess. An extraordinary sacrifice. A captivating secret… From the author of The Secret Wife, a gripping journey through decades and across continents, of love, devastating loss and courage against all odds. 1918 With the country they once...
- Location(s): Siberia
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Modern looking back
Siberia’s story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell. Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos – grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, and...
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