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Daughters of a Dead Empire

Carolyn Tara O'Neil

Ages: 14+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press/Holtzbrinck

ISBN: 978-1-250-75553-7

Keywords: Friendship, Communism, Soviet Union, Russian Revolution, WWI

In 1918 during the Russian Revolution, Anna, the tsar's daughter, escapes the Bolsheviks. She encounters Evgenia, a peasant girl who must collaborate with her in the desperate battle to survive. Historical notes, back matter.