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"Powerful and haunting . . . an intimate and unforgettable tale that transports the reader to the heart of Imperial Russia." - Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling authorof The Most Beautiful Girl in CubaThis sweeping noveltakes readers behind palace walls to see the end of Imperial Russia through the eyes of Olga Nikolaevna Romanov, the first daughter of the last tsarGrand Duchess Olga Romanov comes of age amid a shifting tide for the great dynasties of Europe. But even as unrest simmers in the capital, Olga is content to live within the confines of the sheltered life her parents have built for her and her three sisters: hiding from the world on account of their mother's ill health, their brother Alexei's secret affliction, and rising controversy over Father Grigori Rasputin, the priest on whom the tsarina has come to rely.