I really enjoyed this book. After reading Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten, I was really excited to get my hands on this one, and I wasn’t disappointed! The beginning recaps the end of Tsarina, but I would recommend reading Tsarina before starting this one.
I loved the way this story unfolded, and I found myself completely swept away. I alternated between the audio and the physical copy, and I’m glad. The audio was done really well. The narrator did a great job and helped me get through the Russian names that I struggled with at the beginning. This story is filled with adventure and intrigue and is a great one for historical fiction fans!
It sounds like this will be a trilogy which is really exciting! Can’t wait!
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Born into the House of Romanov to the all-powerful Peter the Great and his wife, Catherine, a former serf, beautiful Tsarevna Elizabeth is the envy of the Russian empire. She is insulated by luxury and spoiled by her father, who dreams for her to marry King Louis XV of France and rule in Versailles. But when a woodland creature gives her a Delphic prophecy, her life is turned upside down. Her volatile father suddenly dies, her only brother has been executed and her mother takes the throne of Russia.
As friends turn to foes in the dangerous atmosphere of the Court, the princess must fear for her freedom and her life. Fate deals her blow after blow, and even loving her becomes a crime that warrants cruel torture and capital punishment: Elizabeth matures from suffering victim to strong and savvy survivor. But only her true love and their burning passion finally help her become who she is. When the Imperial Crown is left to an infant Tsarevich, Elizabeth finds herself in mortal danger and must confront a terrible dilemma–seize the reins of power and harm an innocent child, or find herself following in the footsteps of her murdered brother.
Hidden behind a gorgeous, wildly decadent façade, the Russian Imperial Court is a viper’s den of intrigue and ambition. Only a woman possessed of boundless courage and cunning can prove herself worthy to sit on the throne of Peter the Great.
Ellen Alpsten’s stunning new novel, The Tsarina’s Daughter, is the dramatic story of Elizabeth, daughter of Catherine I and Peter the Great, who ruled Russia during an extraordinary life marked by love, danger, passion and scandal.
Just the Facts:
The Tsarina’s Daughter by Ellen Alpsten
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Pub Date: March 15, 2022
I was provided a gifted copy of this book for free. I am leaving my honest review voluntarily.
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I enjoyed this book also Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten Amazing how Catherine became the Empress of Russia. Sad she only lived 2 years after Peter the Great. He was not a good person but I suppose Syphlis was what drove him Mad at the end of his life almost wanting to kill his wife. And of course it was alright for him to fool around with so many women while married to Catherine trying to get her to give him a heir to the crown. And then when she had an affair with a younger Man it was not alright. And what a wicked way of murdering him cutting his head off and then putting his head in Catherine’s room. So Gross and sickening!!
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