![]() I couldn't put this wild tale of fact and fiction down. ![]() And I like how close to real events she has kept the framework of her story, how she weaves in the Romanov family, Grigori Rasputin and the imperial Faberge eggs (I found this addition quite fascinating). The author says in her note at the end: The Russian Revolution, truth be told, needs little to no fictionalization to be a fascinating time period, full of beauty and horror and wonder. But are we to blame if we simply accept things the way they are without trying to change them? This novel asks that you think about one thing: It is not our fault where and into what circumstances we are born. We see people being dragged from their homes and murdered by the aforementioned angry poor men for crimes they had no say in. We see angry poor men being driven into the ground by the hard labour they perform, while their employers sit in cosy, gold-plated luxury. ![]() It expertly blends the historical facts with elements of Russian mythology and sensitively portrays both sides of the revolution by allowing you to come to your own conclusions about which side is to blame - if, in fact, either is. ![]() This novel so beautifully captures the cities of St Petersburg and Moscow at the height of the 1917 communist revolution. ![]() Saint Petersburg was a city of illusions. ![]()
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