The Tsarina's Daughter

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From the bestselling author of The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette comes a love story set against the drama of the last Russian Imperial family. From the bestselling author of the Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette comes a love story set against the drama of the last Russian Imperial family. Daria Gradov is an elderly grandmother living in the rural American West in the 1980s. No one knows that she was once Grand Duchess tatiana, daughter of tsar Nicholas II and tsarina Alexandra. the young tania lived a life of incomparable luxury in pre-Revolutionary Russia, from the magnificence of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg to the family's private estate outside the capital. When her younger brother is diagnosed with haemophilia, the key to his survival lies in the mysterious powers of an illiterate monk, Rasputin, whose hold over her parents threatens to destroy them all. But war and revolution bring a terrifying future ... 'the suspense never flags' Kirkus Reviews 'A top-notch narrative ... Erickson creates an entirely convincing historical backdrop, and her tale of a family's fall from power and a country in transition is both romantic and gripping' Publishers Weekly Show more