St Petersburg, the cradle of Russian optics (on the three-hundredth anniversary of the founding of St Petersburg)

The Planning of St. Petersburg

✍ James Hassell 📂 Article 📅 1974 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 998 KB

✍ Edwards-Jones, Imogen 📂 Fiction 🏛 Head of Zeus 🌐 English ⚖ 737 KB

'Sumptuous, sexy and haunting' Santa Montefiore. **Brimming with black magic, sex and intrigue, a gorgeous historical novel for fans of Dinah Jefferies and Santa Montefiore.** The Russian Empire is on the verge of collapse. **Revolution is in the air.** The starving stalk the streets of St Petersb

The Witches of St. Petersburg

✍ Edwards-Jones, Imogen 📂 Fiction 📅 2018 🏛 HarperCollins 🌐 English ⚖ 1 MB

Inspired by real characters, this transporting historical fiction debut spins the fascinating story of two princesses in the Romanov court who practiced black magic, befriended the Tsarina, and invited Rasputin into their lives--forever changing the course of Russian history. As daughters of the i

The Jewel of St Petersburg

✍ Furnivall, Kate 📂 Fiction 📅 2010 🏛 Sphere 🌐 English ⚖ 672 KB

**The national bestselling author of _The Russian Concubine_ takes us back to Tsarist Russia for a sweeping novel of love and intrigue. ** 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

The Jewel of St Petersburg

✍ Furnivall, Kate 📂 Fiction 📅 2010 🏛 Sphere 🌐 English ⚖ 543 KB

**The national bestselling author of _The Russian Concubine_ takes us back to Tsarist Russia for a sweeping novel of love and intrigue. ** 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

The Midwife of St. Petersburg

✍ Chaikin, Linda Lee 📂 Fiction 📅 2012 🏛 The Crown Publishing Group 🌐 en-US ⚖ 410 KB

**The Flames of Love and Revolution...** It is Czarist Russia, 1914. Karena Peshkev dreams of escaping her family's country estate and attending medical school. But each year, as she watches her hopes of being accepted to the Imperial College of Medicine slip further away, she much content hers