The Romanov Empress : : a Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / Historical / Gortner, C. W.
On Shelf At: Westgate Branch

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Marrying the Romanov heir, nineteen-year-old Danish princess Minnie becomes empress of Russia and treads a perilous path of compromise in a beloved but resistance-torn country where her son becomes the last tsar.
Minnie knows that her station in life as a Danish princess is to leave her family and enter into a royal marriage. She is brought to Russia, and marries the Romanov heir, Alexander. Once he ascends the throne, she becomes empress Maria. When their son, Nicholas, inherits the throne he is the inexperienced ruler of a deeply divided and crumbling empire. Determined to guide him to reforms that will bring Russia into the modern age, Maria faces implacable opposition from Nicholas's wife, Alexandra, whose fervor has led her into a disturbing relationship with a mystic named Rasputin. -- adapted from jacket.

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Such a good historical novel submitted by cordeliar on January 15, 2019, 3:40pm This book was so well written and very interesting. Usually, we only look at this through the eyes of Nicholas and Alexandra, but it was so fascinating to see things from Minnie's perspective.