
Tsarina
by Ellen Alpsten
Title:
Tsarina
Author:
Ellen Alpsten
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
496 pages
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13:
9781526606440
EAN:
9781526606440
Publication Date:
24/06/2021
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
464
Dimensions (mm):
276 x 197 x 35
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHOR''S CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN ''It makes Game of Thrones look like a nursery rhyme'' - Daisy Goodwin Lover, mother, murderer, Tsarina1699: Illegitimate, destitute and strikingly beautiful, Marta is sold into labour at the age of fifteen - where in desperation she commits a crime that will force her to go on the run. Cheating death at every turn, she is swept into the current of the Great Northern War. Working as a washer woman at a battle camp, she catches the eye of none other than Peter the Great. Passionate and iron-willed, Peter has a vision for transforming the traditionalist Tsardom of Russia into a modern, Western empire. With nothing but wits, courage and formidable ambition, Marta will rise from nothing to become Catherine I of Russia. But it comes at a steep price and is tied to the destiny of Russia itself.











