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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherBethany House Publishers
ISBN-101556611722
ISBN-139781556611728
eBay Product ID (ePID)870247
Product Key Features
Book TitleCrown and the Crucible
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicReligious, Historical
Publication Year1991
GenreFiction
AuthorJudith Pella, Michael Phillips
Book SeriesThe Russians Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight12.7 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN91-019781
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingThe
Series Volume Number1
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisWhen a peasant girl from the village works in a prince's palace and meets a spoiled princess, both peasant and princess face the prospect of their beloved Russia being torn apart by war., Follows the friendship of a peasant girl and the daughter of a prince and Imperial minister in 1870s Russia., A magnificent saga of love and war, of political conflict and imminent change, of two women...Against the vast and formidable backdrop of pre-revolutionary Russia, the lives of two families become inextricably entwined.Anna Yevnovna Burenin, a peasant girl from the tine village of Katyk, must leave the home she loved to work in a prince's palace in St. Petersburg, bringing her family's heritage of faith with her.Anna's future is altered forever when she is thrust into the presence of the high-minded, spoiled Princess Katrina. But even as Anna's own life is changed, her faith exerts a transforming influence over the willful young princess.But the life of protected royalty in St. Petersburg cannot be isolated forever from the forces that buffet the mighty Russian Empire. While grand dukes and their duchesses celebrate New Year's at the Tsar's legendary Winter Palace, revolution brews and war in the Balkans seems inevitable. Both peasant and princess face the prospect of their beloved Russia being torn apart by conflict within and without.Caught in the crosscurrents of history, who will survive?