From Lucretia Grindle, author of VILLA TRISTE, comes a novel of lives lost and found, as intricate and mysterious as the Italian streets where the story's secrets begin. When American student Kristin Carson enrolls in a study abroad program in Florence, she's sure it will be the best year of her l
The Lost Daughter
β Scribed by Gill Paul
- Book ID
- 110901015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780062843289
- ASIN
- B07G13Z9ZC
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β¦ Synopsis
If you loved I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon you won't want to miss this novel about her sister, Grand Duchess Maria. What really happened to this lost Romanov daughter? A new novel perfect for anyone curious about Anastasia, Maria, and the other lost Romanov daughters, by the author of The Secret Wife.
1918: Pretty, vivacious Grand Duchess Maria Romanov, the nineteen-year-old daughter of the fallen Tsar Nicholas II, lives with her family in suffocating isolation, a far cry from their once-glittering royal household. Her days are a combination of endless boredom and paralyzing fear; her only respite are clandestine flirtations with a few of the guards imprisoning the familyβnever realizing her innocent actions could mean the difference between life and death
1973: When Val Doyle hears her father's end-of-life confession, "I didn't want to kill her," she's stunned. So, she begins a search for the truthβabout his words and her past. The clues she discovers are bafflingβa jewel-encrusted box that won't open and a camera with its film intact. What she finds out pulls Val into one of the world's greatest mysteriesβwhat truly happened to the Grand Duchess Maria?
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