
The Countess of the Revolution
Author: Lana Kortchik
Narrator: Dinah Marti
Unabridged: 12 hr 19 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HQ Digital
Published: 12/08/2022
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance, Sagas, Women

Author: Lana Kortchik
Narrator: Dinah Marti
Unabridged: 12 hr 19 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HQ Digital
Published: 12/08/2022
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance, Sagas, Women
This story of the life of a countess (really an ex-countess) living in St. Petersburg at the start of the Russian Revolution was a little too much of a romance novel for me. The reader sees the countess’ opulent life and her passionless marriage. Then amid the bullets and chaos (Bolshevik vs Tsarist......more
"Russia was a ship without a helm, at the mercy of a horrifying tempest, propelled by a current towards deadly rocks." The Countess of the Revolution provides an informative look at the Russian Revolution of 1917 but that is also where its fault lies. Though well researched, it turned into too mu......more
Countess Of The Revolution is historical fiction set in Russia around 1917. The story opens in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg). Countess Sophia Orlova and her family are caught up in the revolution, trapped and then imprisoned in their home by drunken soldiers; they fear for their lives. They are sa......more
Fascinating Historical Fiction Revolutions (and wars in general) are not as romantic as the victors would have us believe. But amidst all the suffering and death, romantic relationships can take root, as they do in this book. While unflinching in her portrayal of a tumultuous time in history, Ms. Kor......more