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03094aam a22004218i 4500 001 976EDDE6D9AD11E88C72F64797128E48 003 SILO 005 20181027010016 008 180608t20182018meu d 000 1 eng 010 $a 2018027380 020 $a 143285450X 020 $a 9781432854508 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-ur--- 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Gortner, C. W. 245 14 $a The Romanov Empress : $h [large print] / $b a novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna / $c by C. W. Gortner. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2018. 300 $a 729 pages (large print) ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a Narrated by the mother of Russias last tsar, this vivid, historically authentic novel brings to life the courageous story of Maria Feodorovna, one of Imperial Russias most compelling women, who witnessed the splendor and tragic downfall of the Romanovs as she fought to save her dynasty in its final years. 520 $a Barely nineteen, Minnie knows that her station in life as a Danish princess is to leave her family and enter into a royal marriageas her older sister Alix has done, moving to England to wed Queen Victorias eldest son. The winds of fortune bring Minnie to Russia, where she marries the Romanov heir, Alexander, and once he ascends the throne, becomes empress. When resistance to his reign strikes at the heart of her family and the tsar sets out to crush all who oppose him, Minnienow called Mariamust tread a perilous path of compromise in a country she has come to love. 520 $a Her husbands death leaves their son Nicholas as the inexperienced ruler of a deeply divided and crumbling empire. Determined to guide him to reforms that will bring Russia into the modern age, Maria faces implacable opposition from Nicholass strong-willed wife, Alexandra, whose fervor has led her into a disturbing relationship with a mystic named Rasputin. As the unstoppable wave of revolution rises anew to engulf Russia, Maria will face her most dangerous challenge and her greatest heartache. 520 $a From the opulent palaces of St. Petersburg and the intrigue-laced salons of the aristocracy to the World War I battlefields and the bloodied countryside occupied by the Bolsheviks, C. W. Gortner sweeps us into the anarchic fall of an empire and the complex, bold heart of the woman who tried to save it. 600 00 $a Mar#±iiaiL ieodorovna, $c Empress, consort of Alexander III, Emperor of Russia, $d 1847-1928 $v Fiction. 600 30 $a Romanov, House of $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Empresses $z Russia $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 651 0 $a Russia $x History $y Alexander III, 1881-1894 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Russia $x History $y Revolution, 1905-1907 $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 gsafd. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd. 941 $a 2 945 $a lpt 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012012747.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20190122012836.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=976EDDE6D9AD11E88C72F64797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search