The Rasputin Dagger Av Theresa Breslin

<p><b>Shortlisted for the Historical Association's Young Quills Award 2018</b><br><br>Russia, 1916. <br><br>Nina Ivanovna’s world is in turmoil. Her only hope is to travel to St Petersburg, to escape the past and find a future.<br><br>Stefan Kolodin is a medical student – young and idealistic, he wants change for Russia and its people.<br><br>Amidst the chaos of a city in revolt, their lives collide. And a stormy relationship develops . . . full of passion and politics.<br><br>But soon Nina is drawn in to the glamorous, lavish lives of the Russian royal family – where she begins to fall under the spell of their mysterious monk, Grigory Rasputin. The ruby-studded dagger he carries – beautiful and deadly – could save her and Stefan from a cursed life <br><br>. . . or condemn them to it.<br><br>‘An outstanding writer – simply superb’ <i>Independent </i></p>