Daughters of a Dead Empire

von Carolyn Tara O'Neil

336 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

"This fresh, thrilling take on Anastasia establishes that O'Neil is a debut author to watch." -Buzzfeed From debut author Carolyn Tara O'Neil comes a thrilling alternate history set during the Russian Revolution.Russia, 1918: With the execution of Tsar Nicholas, the empire crumbles and Russia is on the edge of civil war-the poor are devouring the rich. Anna, a bourgeois girl, narrowly escaped the massacre of her entire family in Yekaterinburg. Desperate to get away from the Bolsheviks, she offers a peasant girl a diamond to take her as far south as possible-not realizing that the girl is a communist herself. With her brother in desperate need of a doctor, Evgenia accepts Anna's offer and suddenly finds herself on the wrong side of the war.Anna is being hunted by the Bolsheviks, and now-regardless of her loyalties-Evgenia is too.Daughters of a Dead Empire is a harrowing historical thriller about dangerous ideals, inequality, and the price we pay for change. An imaginative retelling of the Anastasia story.A Junior Library Guild Selection

• Reihe: Square Fish
• ISBN: 9781250853554
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.02.2023
• Größe: 207 x 134 mm
• Verlag: St. Martins Press