Behind him he left the conflicting mix of peoples already beginning to crowd in upon one another. Thus he had begun his sojourn away from that temperate region of the south. He had no stomach to contest against humankind. He would rather battle the elements, and the earth itself. He would not take a life to retain even something he considered his own. And this was not a man who desired to fight other men. But more and more invaders-Orientals from the east, Huns and Celts from the European west-were now intruding into the land between the Dnieper and Don. The warm southern plains had been good to his people. He made his way slowly, but with purposeful step and determined gaze fixed on the unknown path before him. The solitary figure of a man receded into the distance. Though the Prologue is not essential to understanding the story, some readers may wish to begin with chapter 1 and come back to the Prologue later. It will introduce the historical roots of our story with some fictional characters and symbolic events as well as expand the historical framework with the sections in italics. But for those of you who love history as we do and who have become fascinated with the land of Russia and its people, we invite you to read the Prologue. Both peasant and princess face the prospect of their beloved Russia being torn apart by conflict within and without.Anna and Katrina’s story begins on Part I, chapter 1. While grand dukes and their duchesses celebrate New Year's at the Tsar's legendary Winter Palace, revolution brews and war in the Balkans seems inevitable. Petersburg cannot be isolated forever from the forces that buffet the mighty Russian Empire. But even as Anna's own life is changed, her faith exerts a transforming influence over the willful young princess.īut the life of protected royalty in St.
Petersburg, bringing her family's heritage of faith with her.Īnna's future is altered forever when she is thrust into the presence of the high-minded, spoiled Princess Katrina.
Anna Yevnovna Burenin, a peasant girl from the tine village of Katyk, must leave the home she loved to work in a prince's pala.
A magnificent saga of love and war, of political conflict and imminent change, of two women- Against the vast and formidable backdrop of pre-revolutionary Russia, the lives of two families become inextricably entwined.
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