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Enchantments by Kathryn Harrison – review
Kathryn Harrison provides an entertaining account of the the last days of the Romanov family. The year is 1917. The place: Tsarskoe Selo, Catherine the Great's winter palace with its succession of opulent rooms, some carved from amber, some f... more.
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From the author of The Kiss, a magical, riveting story of doomed love, set at the fall of Russia's last Tsar.
New Year’s Day, St. Petersburg, 1917. Divers pull the body of Rasputin, the Mad Monk, from the icy waters of the Neva River. Within hours, his daughters are taken to the Royal Palace, where the Tsarina makes a shocking request: would Masha, 18, take on her father’s role as healer to the Tsarevitch Alyosha?
Two months later, revolution has toppled the Tsar, and the entire family is placed under house-arrest. Trapped together in harsh conditions, Masha and Alyosha find solace in one another’s company. Two teenagers, with radically different experiences of the Romanov’s ill-fated reign, create a private realm of magic and love, as Masha introduces Alyosha to the wild and beautiful land he will never rule.
‘A stupendous work of historical imagination’ Peter Carey
New Year’s Day, St. Petersburg, 1917. Divers pull the body of Rasputin, the Mad Monk, from the icy waters of the Neva River. Within hours, his daughters are taken to the Royal Palace, where the Tsarina makes a shocking request: would Masha, 18, take on her father’s role as healer to the Tsarevitch Alyosha?
Two months later, revolution has toppled the Tsar, and the entire family is placed under house-arrest. Trapped together in harsh conditions, Masha and Alyosha find solace in one another’s company. Two teenagers, with radically different experiences of the Romanov’s ill-fated reign, create a private realm of magic and love, as Masha introduces Alyosha to the wild and beautiful land he will never rule.
‘A stupendous work of historical imagination’ Peter Carey
Comments & Discussion
I have a number of historical eras that I seem to be drawn to when it comes to books. Among those are books set in the medieval era, World War I and II, and books set in Russia, especially those featuring the Romanov family.
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