The Crown and the Crucible (The Russians Book 1)
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A magnificent saga of love and war of political conflict and imminent change of two womenÂ… Against the vast and formidable backdrop of pre-revolutionary Russia the lives of two families become inextricably entwined. Anna Yevnovna Burenin a peasant girl from the tine village of Katyk must leave the home she loved to work in a princes palace in St. Petersburg bringing her familys heritage of faith with her. Annas future is altered forever when she is thrust into the presence of the high-minded spoiled Princess Katrina. But even as Annas own life is changed her faith exerts a transforming influence over the willful young princess. But the life of protected royalty in St. Petersburg cannot be isolated forever from the forces that buffet the mighty Russian Empire. While grand dukes and their duchesses celebrate New Years at the Tsars legendary Winter Palace revolution brews and war in the Balkans seems inevitable. Both peasant and princess face the prospect of their beloved Russia being torn apart by conflict within and without. Caught in the crosscurrents of history who will survive?
