"Makes Game of Thrones look like a nursery rhyme." —Daisy Goodwin, New York Times bestselling author of The Fortune Hunter“[Alpsten] recounts this remarkable woman’s colourful life and times." —Count Nikolai Tolstoy, historian and authorBefore there was Catherine the Great, there was Catherine Alexeyevna: the first woman to rule Russia in her own right. Ellen Alpsten's ric...

Ellen Alpsten's stunning new novel, The Tsarina's Daughter, is the dramatic story of Elizabeth, daughter of Catherine I and Peter the Great, who ruled Russia during an extraordinary life marked by love, danger, passion and scandal.Born into the House of Romanov to the all-powerful Peter the Great and his wife, Catherine, a former serf, beautiful Tsarevna Elizabeth is the envy of the Russian empire. She is insulated by luxury and spoiled by her father, who ...

Catalina I de RusiaLa epopeya de hielo y nieve de una sierva que se convirtió en zarina.La noche de la muerte de Pedro I el Grande de Rusia, Catalina, su segunda esposa, preocupada por la sucesión, decide ocultar el fallecimiento del zar. Durante las horas de incertidumbre que siguen a la muerte del que fuera su amante y su amigo, Catalina repasa su azarosa vida. Hija ilegítima de un siervo, fue vendida como criada, mató en defensa propia y...

São Petersburgo, 1725. Pedro, o Grande, está a morrer no seu magnífico Palácio de Inverno. Sem um herdeiro, a Rússia corre o perigo de cair no caos. Mas Catarina, a sua segunda mulher, companheira de tantos anos, não pretende deixar que tal aconteça. Num jogo perigoso, decide esconder a morte do czar, enquanto planeia destruir os seus inimigos e tomar a coroa para si. Filha ilegítima de um camponês, nasceu no meio de uma pobreza devastadora. Aos 15 anos foi vendida como criada e o seu dese...

Young and beautiful Gytha Godwinson is the envy of England when her father Harold seizes the country's crown in early 1066. However, treachery tears her house, her family and everything she holds dear apart. Soon triumph turns to terror as an evil star appears, heralding the end of an era and a new beginning for Britain. Her family and the realm seem cursed, but even as she suffers loss, betrayal and humiliation, Gytha is determined to regain what is rightfully hers. She survives the walk ...

"Makes Game of Thrones look like a nursery rhyme." —Daisy Goodwin, New York Times bestselling author of The Fortune Hunter“[Alpsten] recounts this remarkable woman’s colourful life and times." —Count Nikolai Tolstoy, historian and authorBefore there was Catherine the Great, there was Catherine Alexeyevna: the first woman to rule Russia in her own right. Ellen Alpsten's ric...

St. Peterburg im Jahr 1725: Auf Elisabeth, die Tochter Peters des Großen und Katharina I., wartet eine schwierige Aufgabe. Eine Seherin hat ihr einst vorhergesagt, dass die Schicksale des russischen Zarenreiches untrennbar mit ihrem eigenen verwoben sind. Doch der Kampf um die Krone ist nach dem Tod Peters des Großen entbrannt und jeder falsche Zug Elisabeths im Spiel der Mächtigen bringt sie in höchste Gefahr. Dass ihren Feinden ein Menschenleben wenig wert ist, bekommt Elisabeths Geliebt...

THE LAST PRINCESSYoung and beautiful Gytha Godwinson is the envy of England when her father Harold seizes the country's crown in early 1066. Soon triumph turns to terror as an evil star appears, heralding the end of an era and a new beginning for Britain. Her family seems cursed, but even as she suffers loss, betrayal and humiliation, Gytha is determined to regain what is rightfully hers.In a stunning re-telling of 1066, international bestselling author Ellen Alpsten has cr...

Leibeigene, Liebende, Zarin - der bewegende Aufstieg von Zarin Katharina I.Sankt Petersburg, 1725. Es ist eine stürmische Nacht, in der Peter I. stirbt. Für seine Frau Katharina I. steht alles auf dem Spiel: Wird sie durch die korrupte Hand ihrer Gegner ihr Leben verlieren oder zur ersten Zarin in der Geschichte Russlands erklärt? Sie hält Totenwache und reist in Gedanken zurück. Zu den zwölf Kindern, die sie Peter schenkte, und von denen die meisten starben. Zur E...

Drei Freundinnen, drei Leben, eine HeimatKupenda heißt „zu lieben“. Kupenda ist der Name der Farm im ostafrikanischen Grabenbruch, auf der drei junge, sehr unterschiedliche Frauen zusammen aufgewachsen sind: Emelie ist weiß und die Tochter der Farmer Paddy und Diane, Iman ist eine Massai und Aischa ist indischer Herkunft. In ihrer Verschiedenheit spiegeln sie das Land wieder, in dem sie leben, gemeinsam ist ihnen ihre Liebe zu Kupenda, die ihnen Heimat und Sehnsuch...

Ellen Alpsten's stunning new novel, The Tsarina's Daughter, is the dramatic story of Elizabeth, daughter of Catherine I and Peter the Great, who ruled Russia during an extraordinary life marked by love, danger, passion and scandal.Born into the House of Romanov to the all-powerful Peter the Great and his wife, Catherine, a former serf, beautiful Tsarevna Elizabeth is the envy of the Russian empire. She is insulated by luxury and spoiled by her father, who ...