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The jewel of St. Petersburg  Cover Image Book Book

The jewel of St. Petersburg

Furnivall, Kate. (Author).

Summary: Russia, 1910. Valentina Ivanova is the darling of St. Petersburg's elite aristocracy-until her romance with a Danish engineer creates a terrible scandal and her parents push her into a loveless engagement with a Russian count. Meanwhile, Russia itself is bound for rebellion. With the Tsar and the Duma at each other's throats, and the Bolsheviks drawing their battle lines, the elegance and opulence of Tsarist rule are in their last days. And Valentina will be forced to make a choice that will change not only her own life, but the lives of those around her forever...

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780425234235 (trade pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    421 p. ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Berkley Books, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Aug 10
Target Audience Note:
All Ages.
Subject: Young women -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg -- Fiction
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg -- Fiction
Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Fiction
General - Historical
Genre: Love stories.
Historial fiction.

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Summary: Russia, 1910. Valentina Ivanova is the darling of St. Petersburg's elite aristocracy-until her romance with a Danish engineer creates a terrible scandal and her parents push her into a loveless engagement with a Russian count. Meanwhile, Russia itself is bound for rebellion. With the Tsar and the Duma at each other's throats, and the Bolsheviks drawing their battle lines, the elegance and opulence of Tsarist rule are in their last days. And Valentina will be forced to make a choice that will change not only her own life, but the lives of those around her forever...

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