Promotional Information

For readers of Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir comes an "impressive" novel that "reads like a historical soap opera" (USA Today) of the beloved Empress Maria, the Danish girl who became the mother of the last Russian tsar.

About the Author

C. W. Gortner holds an MFA in writing, with an emphasis on historical studies, from the New College of California and has taught university courses on women of power in the Renaissance. He is the internationally acclaimed author of The Vatican Princess, Mademoiselle Chanel, The Queen's Vow, The Confessions of Catherine de Medici, and The Last Queen, among other books. Gortner divides his time between Northern California and Antigua, Guatemala.