![]() ![]() But when Sofya's letters suddenly stop coming she fears the worst for her best friend. On the other side of the Atlantic, Eliza is doing her part to help the White Russian families find safety as they escape the revolution. In need of domestic help, they hire the local fortuneteller's daughter, Varinka, unknowingly bringing intense danger into their household. But when Austria declares war on Serbia and Russia's Imperial dynasty begins to fall, Eliza escapes back to America, while Sofya and her family flee to their country estate. Now Eliza embarks on the trip of a lifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendors of Russia. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. In a tense atmosphere of watchful eyes and suspecting neighbors, one false move can have dire consequences. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. An ocean away from Caroline, Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree youth disappearing as she is drawn deeper into her role as courier for the underground resistance movement. It is 1914 and the world has been on the brink of war so many times, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. ![]() ![]() "It is 1914 and the world has been on the brink of war so many times, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. ![]()
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