Fortune's Price
Jennifer Antill
Belletristik / Gegenwartsliteratur (ab 1945)
Beschreibung
1830, Russia and Poland.In a time of war and cholera, two men compete for a Prince s fortune, but in autocratic Russia, fame and riches come at a cost.When Andrey, a disgraced and impoverished young officer, claims to be the heir to Vasily s family wealth, Vasily is forced to leave the comfort of his country estate and return to St Petersburg to investigate. Seeking the truth, he rediscovers his lost love and reveals a story of deception and fatal intrigue that threatens to cost him his life.To prove himself, Andrey marches to war, while the woman he loves, Vasily s cousin, Nadezhda, must contrive to repel other suitors as she prays for his safe return.When the past is uncovered, hard choices must be made. Will either man be prepared to pay fortune s price?
