The Russian Concubine (edit title)

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Russian Concubine Wednesday, September 30 2009.

• Removed a contributor: : (Primary None)

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Russian Concubine Wednesday, September 16 2009.

• Added a contributor: Kate Furnivall: (Primary Author)
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Timothy Gray approved JudithAnn’s request to combine 3 books, including The Russian Concubine, Monday, September 14 2009.

Karen J edited the first sentence of The Russian Concubine Sunday, September 13 2009.

• The train growled to a halt.

JudithAnn submitted a request to combine 3 books, including The Russian Concubine, Sunday, September 13 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of The Russian Concubine Friday, July 31 2009.

• A sweeping novel set in war-torn 1928 China, with a star-crossed love story at its center. In a city full of thieves and Communists, danger and death, spirited young Lydia Ivanova has lived a hard life. Always looking over her shoulder, the sixteen-year-old must steal to feed herself and her mother, Valentina, who numbered among the Russian elite until Bolsheviks murdered most of them, including her husband. As exiles, Lydia and Valentina have learned to survive in a foreign land. Often, Lydia steals away to meet with the handsome young freedom fighter Chang An Lo. But they face danger: Chiang Kai Shek's troops are headed toward Junchow to kill Reds like Chang, who has in his possession the jewels of a tsarina, meant as a gift for the despot's wife. The young pair's all-consuming love can only bring shame and peril upon them, from both sides. Those in power will do anything to quell it. But Lydia and Chang are powerless to end it.