A magnificent saga of love and war, of political conflict and imminent change, of two women-Against the vast and formidable backdrop of pre-revolutionary Russia, the lives of two families become inextricably entwined.Anna Yevnovna Burenin, a peasant girl from the tine village of Katyk, must leave the home she loved to work in a prince's palace in St. Petersburg, bringing her family's heritage of faith with her.Anna's future is altered forever when she is thrust into the presence of the high-minded, spoiled Princess Katrina. But even as Anna's own life is changed, her faith exerts a transforming influence over the willful young princess.But the life of protected royalty in St. Petersburg cannot be isolated forever from the forces that buffet the mighty Russian Empire.
