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The Winter Palace : a novel of Catherine the Great / Eva Stachniak.
Barbara--Varvara in Russian--has been given empoyment by Empress Elizabeth in the Russian court where she is trained by Count Bestuzhev, the Chancellor and spymaster. When Sophie, the teenager destined to become Catherine the Great, arrives at court it is to marry the Empress's nephew. But Sophie has other, more ambitious plans. What she needs is a court insider, someone who knows the traps and conspiracies that surround her. Sophie takes Varvara into her confidence and together the two women will rise to the pinnacle of absolute power.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385666565 (trade pbk)
- ISBN: 038566656X (trade pbk.)
- Physical Description: 444 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, c2012.
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| Subject: | Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796 > Fiction. Courts and courtiers > Fiction. Intrigue > Fiction. Empresses > Russia > Fiction. Russia > History > Catherine II, 1762-1796 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Valemount Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Valemount Public Library | f sta (Text) | 35194014261879 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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Behind every great ruler lies a betrayal. Eva Stachniak's novel sweeps readers into the passionate, intimate, and treacherous world of Catherine the Great, revealing Russia's greatest matriarch from her earliest days in court, where the most valuable currency was the secrets of nobility and the most dangerous weapon to wield was ambition.
Two young women, caught in the landscape of shifting allegiances, navigate the treacherous waters of palace intrigue. Barbara is a servant who will become one of Russia's most cunning royal spies. Sophia is a pretty, naive German duchess who will become Catherine the Great. For readers of superb historical fiction, Eva Stachniak captures in glorious detail the opulence of royalty and the perilous loyalties of the Russian court.
