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Gill Paul, "The Lost Daughter" (William Morrow, 2019)
Grand Duchess Maria Romanova arrives in Ekaterinburg in 1918 with her parents, the former Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra. After months of house arrest in the deep interior of Russia, the family is beginning to despair of ever being rescued. As conditions worsen, Maria and her family are increasingly at the mercy of the men set to guard them. As the pro-monarchist White Army approaches Ekaterinburg, the fate of the Romanovs hangs in the balance. Thousands of miles away and six decades later, Australian Val Doyle has her hands full with an abusive husband, a small daughter, and a…
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