Daughters of a Dead Empire
Location: FIC ONE
Genre: Historical Fiction, Retelling, Anastasia
"Beautifully written, this is a story of friendship and survival after a tragic loss. A fascinating tale of a familiar legend and what happened in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution." Danielle
“We are harder than anything the world can throw at us.”
“I prefer a peaceful revolution.”
She shook her head. “There’s no such thing.”
"This fresh, thrilling take on Anastasia establishes that O'Neil is a debut author to watch." ― Buzzfeed
From debut author Carolyn Tara O'Neil comes a thrilling alternate history set during the Russian Revolution.
Russia, 1918: With the execution of Tsar Nicholas, the empire crumbles and Russia is on the edge of civil war―the poor are devouring the rich. Anna, a bourgeois girl, narrowly escaped the massacre of her entire family in Yekaterinburg. Desperate to get away from the Bolsheviks, she offers a peasant girl a diamond to take her as far south as possible―not realizing that the girl is a communist herself. With her brother in desperate need of a doctor, Evgenia accepts Anna's offer and suddenly finds herself on the wrong side of the war.
Anna is being hunted by the Bolsheviks, and now―regardless of her loyalties―Evgenia is too.
Daughters of a Dead Empire is a harrowing historical thriller about dangerous ideals, inequality, and the price we pay for change. An imaginative retelling of the Anastasia story.
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