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Title: The Jewel of St Petersburg
Author: Kate Furnivall
Narrator: Jilly Bond
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-09-11
Publisher: Hachette Audio UK
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
The Sunday Times top 10 best-selling author
Discover a brilliant story of love, danger, courage and betrayal, from the internationally best-selling author of The Betrayal.
Russia, 1910. Young Valentina Ivanova charms St Petersburg's aristocracy with her classic Russian beauty and her talent as a pianist. But she scandalises society when she begins a romance with Jens Friis, a Danish engineer. He brings to her life a passion and an intimacy she has never known. Unbending in their opposition, her parents push her into a loveless engagement with a Russian count.
Valentina struggles for independence and to protect her young sister from the tumult sweeping the city, as Russia is bound for rebellion. The Tsar, the Duma and the Bolsheviks are at each other's throats and Valentina is forced to make a choice that changes her life for ever...
Critic Reviews:
"Wonderful...hugely ambitious and atmospheric." (Kate Mosse)
Members Reviews:
The Jewel of St Petersburg
Would you try another book from Kate Furnivall and/or Jilly Bond?
No
What didnt you like about Jilly Bonds performance?
Jilly Bond has an annoying "little girl" voice which took all the enjoyment out of the story and her attempts at the male voice were grating to say the least.