A celebration of beauty and art weaved masterfully into a historical tale of great interest.
This story affords an intimate glimpse in the lives of the Romanovs, and their chilling end. The novel's grandeur and opulent expression seemed to me to be a metaphor for the main character's refusal to discard her dignity and monarchist hopes following the Russian revolution. I found it effective and always artfully constructed.
I enjoyed this novel and was grateful for the author's evocative depiction of Rasputin. He really did come alive for me and the macabre circumstances of his death constituted one of the more gripping passages in the novel.
Unforgettable.
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