"Ellen Alpsten's stunning new novel, The Tsarina's Daughter, is the dramatic story of Elizabeth, daughter of Catherine I and Peter the Great, who ruled Russia during an extraordinary life marked by love, danger, passion and scandal. Born into the House of Romanov to the all-powerful Peter the Great and his wife, Catherine, a former serf, beautiful Tsarevna Elizabeth is the envy of the Russian empire. She is insulated by luxury and spoiled by her father,...

A historical novel set in the royal court in eighteenth-century St. Petersburg follows Xenia, who experiences a family tragedy and undergoes a profound transformation that alters the course of her life and instills fear in the heart of the new empress, Catherine.