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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 | - |
