ARGONAUT BOOKS

'What a wonderful book!  The storytelling, the research, the deep love of her subject - this must be the climax of Rappaport's long and illustrious career'Lucy Worsley 'Beautifully written, incredibly moving and illuminates the whole age'Jessie Childs 'Rappaport's account of this pretty, spirited and flirtatious young woman's dismal time in Russia is absorbing' Literary Review  - Miranda Seymour'A nimble guide through the stately jumble of German dynasties'New Statesman'Accomplished and richly detailed'Country Life'Sparkling... A captivating historical saga of a woman in revolt'Publishers Week...Read More