Amid the turbulence of prerevolutionary Russia, the lives of two families become inextricably entwined. When Anna Burenin leaves her tiny village to work in St. Petersburg, she is thrust into the life of the spoiled Princess Katrina Fedorcenko. Soon both peasant and princess will face the prospect of their beloved Russia being torn apart.
A Magnificent Saga of Two Women Amidst Political Conflict and
Imminent Change . . .
Against the formidable backdrop of prerevolutionary Russia, the
lives of two families become inextricably entwined.
Anna Yevnova Burenin, a peasant girl from the tiny village of
Katyk, must leave the home she loves to work in a prince's palace
in St. Petersburg, bringing only her family's heritage of faith
with her.
Anna's future is altered forever when she is thrust into the
presence of the high-minded, spoiled Princess Katrina Fedorcenko.
And even as Anna's own life is changed, her faith has a
transforming influence over the willful young princess.
But the aristocracy cannot be isolated forever from the forces that
buffet the mighty Russian Empire. While the grand dukes and
duchesses celebrate New Year's at the tsar's 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 both within and without.
Michael Phillips is a bestselling author with more than
seventy of his own titles. In addition to his own work, Phillips
has helped reawaken interest in Victorian novelist George MacDonald
over the past thirty years. Michael and his wife alternate their
time between Scotland and their home in California.
Judith Pella is a bestselling, award-winning author whose
in-depth research combines with her skillful storytelling to
provide readers with dramatic, thought-provoking novels. She and
her husband make their home in Oregon.