The Tsarina’s Daughter

Elizabeth is the daughter of Peter the Great and his wife, Catherine. She grows up believing she will be married to the King of France and live in Versailles. Things have a funny way of turning out when her half-brother is executed, and his son banished. Elizabeth suffers so much pain and loss from those she loves. Just when you think she has suffered as much as one person can, another event happens to throw her life into more despair.

This book follows the book, Tsarina by the same author. In that book, we meet Elizabeth’s mother Catherine, born a serf and her rise to marrying the Peter, Tsar of all Russia. Elizabeth is the younger daughter born out of wedlock and not considered to be an heir that could rule Russia.

The book contains a lot of factual historical information and is written in the first-person point of view. The characters are well developed, and the book has a steady pace. I enjoyed reading this book and learning more of Russian history. The author did a great job bringing Elizabeth to life on the pages of this book. If you like historical fiction, you will enjoy reading this book.