Book: The Tsarina's Legacy Author: Jennifer Laam Genre: Fiction/Historical/Political Summary: Then. . . Since the moment he first saw her on the night she seized the throne, Grigory "Grisha" Potemkin has loved Empress Catherine of Russia. Their love was forged first from passion and then from ...
Book: The Secret Daughter of the Tsar Author: Jennifer Laam Genre: Historical Fiction/Russian History Summary: In her riveting debut, Jennifer Laam seamlessly braids together the stories of three women: Veronica, Lena, and Charlotte. Veronica, an aspiring historian living in present-day Los An...
God, I can't even begin to express it how much I hate it when I see the made-up word 'Tsarina' in English-languaged literature. There is NO such word in Russian and has never been, no matter what your Russian language teacher or this lame Wiki article say. The word you were looking for is 'Tsarits...
We’ve all heard of Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed she was Anastasia Romanov and later proved she was fraud. The fate of the Romanovs is a heartbreaking tale and one that continues to fascinate new generations. Jennifer Laam’s The Secret Daughter of the Tsar is an intriguing tale about Empress ...