Lost roses : a novel
Kelly, Martha Hall2019
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It is 1914, and the world has been on the brink of war so often, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be travelling to St Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. Now Eliza embarks on the trip of a lifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendours of Russia: the church with the interior covered in jewelled mosaics, the Rembrandts at the tsar's Winter Palace, the famous ballet. But when Austria declares war on Serbia and Russia's imperial dynasty begins to fall, Eliza escapes back to America, while Sofya and her family flee to their country estate. In need of domestic help, they hire the local fortune-teller's daughter, Varinka, unknowingly bringing intense danger into their household.
Main title:
Lost roses : a novel / Martha Hall Kelly.
Author:
Kelly, Martha Hall, author
Imprint:
New York : Ballantine, 2019.
Collation:
448 pages
ISBN:
9781984819550 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
LC class:
PS3611.E452
Language:
English
BRN:
2469178