
The Imperial Wife
Irina Reyn(Author)
Thomas Dunne Books (Publisher)
Published on 19. July 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-250-10978-1 (ISBN)
Description
Tanya Kagan, a specialist in Russian art at a top New York auction house, is trying to entice Russia's wealthy oligarchs to bid on the biggest sale of her career, The Order of Saint Catherine, while making sense of the sudden and unexplained departure of her husband. As questions arise over the provenance of the Order and auction fever kicks in, Reyn takes us into the world of Catherine the Great, the infamous 18th-century woman who may have owned the priceless artefact, and who it turns out faced many of the same issues Tanya wrestles with in her own life. The Imperial Wife asks what female ambition means, today and in the past, and whether a marriage can withstand an ambitious wife.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-250-10978-1 (9781250109781)
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