Eva Stachniak. Bantam, $26 (464p) ISBN 978-0-553-80812-4
As told from the perspective of Varvara, a Polish servant girl in the 18th century Russian court, spies and lovers lurk everywhere, while brilliantly bedecked royals indulge their every whim. When readers first meet Catherine the Great, she is 14-yea
READ FULL REVIEW
Eva Stachniak. Doubleday Canada, $18 trade paper (432p) ISBN 978-0-385-67856-8
Stachniak (Empress of the Night) exquisitely blends fiction with fact in this novel about the remarkable ballet dancers Vaslav and Bronia Nijinsky. Her research began with Bronia’s early memoir, which recounts her life as a young dancer up until...
READ FULL REVIEW
Eva Stachniak. Morrow, $16.99 trade paper (416p) ISBN 978-0-06-311960-4
Stachniak (The Winter Palace) offers an impressive if schematic story of Versailles and Paris in the years leading up to and following the French Revolution. In 1755, 13-year-old Véronique Roux is surrendered by her widowed mother to an aide of King
READ FULL REVIEW
