by Eva Stachniak · Uitgeverij Rainbow · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9789041711762
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«In het winterpaleis» is the historical novel by Eva Stachniak, published by Uitgeverij Rainbow in paperback (480 pages, in Dutch).
Vavara, a Polish orphan, arrives at the court of Elizabeth in St Petersburg; the chancellor trains her to keep quiet and listen. Turned into her eyes and ears, she must spy on Sophie, a Prussian princess candidate for wife of the heir. Instead of betraying her, Vavara becomes her friend and confidante, while Sophie is on her way to becoming Catherine the Great.
It is part of the Catherine series, of which it is the first installment; the English original is The Winter Palace and the Dutch translation is by Catalien and Willem van Paassen.
For readers of historical fiction focused on eighteenth-century Russia and the intrigues of the imperial court.
Eva Stachniak is a Polish-Canadian novelist.
