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The Jewel of St. Petersburg (The Russian Concubine #0)

Kate Furnivall

Kindle Edition | Pages: 423 pages

Rating: 3.89 | 4356 Users | 348 Reviews

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Original Title:	The Jewel of St. Petersburg ASIN B003QMLBM0
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Russian Concubine #0
Characters:	Lydia Ivanova, Valentina Ivanova, Jens Friis, Viktor Arkin, Elizaveta Ivanova, Liev Popkov, Katya Ivanova, Nicholai Ivanov
Setting:	Saint Petersburg,1910(Russian Federation)
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2010)

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The national bestselling author of The Russian Concubine takes us back to Tsarist Russia for a sweeping novel of love and intrigue.

Russia, 1910. Valentina Ivanova is the darling of St. Petersburg's elite aristocracy-until her romance with a Danish engineer creates a terrible scandal and her parents push her into a loveless engagement with a Russian count.

Meanwhile, Russia itself is bound for rebellion. With the Tsar and the Duma at each other's throats, and the Bolsheviks drawing their battle lines, the elegance and opulence of Tsarist rule are in their last days. And Valentina will be forced to make a choice that will change not only her own life, but the lives of those around her forever...

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Title	:	The Jewel of St. Petersburg (The Russian Concubine #0)
Author	:	Kate Furnivall
Book Format	:	Kindle Edition
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 423 pages
Published	:	(first published August 3rd 2010)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Russia. Fiction. Romance

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Ratings: 3.89 From 4356 Users | 348 Reviews

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I found it harder to connect to this novel than Kate Furnivall's first two. I had been so disappointed by the endings of the first two novels, especially Under a Blood Red Sky, that I think I was partly protecting myself from disappointment again. The writing didn't feel like it had the same passion as the other two, even though Valentina was a strong, determined woman, Arkin believed so intently and so devotedly in the Bolshevik cause, Jens felt so strongly that Russia could be saved by finding



Loved it! This is a prequel and I haven't read the other books in the series yet but I found this one captivating and exciting! It's nothing at all like the blurb, I thought it was just going to be an historic romance but the story is more about the beginning of the Russian Revolution just before the civil war. It doesn't just focus on Valentina; the other main character, Arkin, isn't even mentioned in the blurb on the back and the story is told as much from his perspective as it is from hers.

This book is a prequel even though it was published after the other two books in the series. If you read this one first, as happened with me, it's a five star! If you're reading it after the other two books in the series, I'm not sure it's worth it. This book was really good but I find that the heroine, Lydia's mother, is really changed for the worst in the first book of the series (second in a chronological order), so you end up hating her, or believing it's not the same person. However, I'm

I'm ticked with Furnivall. I lose sleep after reading her books. Yes, the character portrayals are that vivid and intriguing. Yes, the settings are that vivid and evocative. Set during the last of the Tsar's and the beginnings of the revolution, The Jewel of St. Petersburg is spellbinding.

In the years leading up to the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks agitate for change causing unrest throughout all of Russia. Valentina Ivanovna, a young Russian noblewoman, experiences their violence when a bomb blows up her fathers study permanently injuring her younger sister Katya. Consumed by an unwarranted guilt for this event, Valentina determines to devote the rest of her life to her sisters wellbeing.Valentina, like many other aristocratic ladies, has been brought up to marry well and

This book was okay. I probably expected a bit too much. It was similar to the last Furnivall book I read. Strong heroine manages to overcome just about every horrible thing that happens to her because she is beautiful. Yawn.