John Burnham Schwartz
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
At the age of 24 Haruko marries the Crown Prince becoming the first non-aristocratic women to enter the monarchy. She is met with cruelity and suspision by the Empress. Years later as Empress herself she, persuades another young woman, Keiko, to marry her son.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Running from her father's brutal legacy, Joseph Stalin's daughter defects to the United States against the turbulence of the 1960s. For fans of We Were the Lucky Ones and A Gentleman in Moscow, this sweeping historical novel is inspired by the true story of Svetlana Alliluyeva. In one of the most momentous events of the Cold War, Svetlana Allilyueva, the forty-one-year-old daughter of the notorious tyrannical leader of the USSR, abruptly abandoned...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A psychological novel on a hit-and-run accident that killed a boy. The boy's father searches for the motorist to punish him, the police having given up. The motorist--who was driving with his son from a hockey game--stays low, half-hoping he will be caught.