THE Reading room
May 20, 2020
2 minutes
EDITED by JULIET RIEDEN
Historical fiction
Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten, Bloomsbury
Before Catherine the Great, there was Catherine I, the all-powerful Russian Empress who was catapulted from serfdom to the highest position in the land. Her story is shocking and in UK-based author Ellen Alpsten’s intoxicating hands it’s also a vicious, bloody, sexy romp. This is
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