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Pearl Wolf has woven a sweeping story of love, loss, and redemption across a glittering panorama of Mother Russia that captures you in its spell.
Hilliard & Harris Publishers
April 2003
On Sale: April 1, 2003
Featuring: Court Alexei Razovsky; Miriam Zeklinski; Dov Zeklinski
300 pages
ISBN: 1591330254
EAN: 9781591330257
Paperback
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Romance Historical
Prince Potemkin spent three years and ten million rubles planning a historic Grand Tour of Crimea for Catherine the Great. In the dead of winter Her Majesty departed from St. Petersburg on a 4000βmile trek to Kiev, her eyes allowed to gaze only on newly whiteβwashed villages and wellβfed, wellβdressed peasants along the way, a sight that gave rise to the disparaging term still in use today: Potemkin Villages. On the eve of his beloved czarinaβs departure, Potemkin gave a Grand Ball to commemorate the occasion. But royal gossips did not dwell on the czarina in whose name they feasted on roasted meats, French champagne and Russian caviar. Instead, all eyes were on someone exotic, someone mysterious, and someone heretofore unknown to them. A beautiful young woman. A darkβeyed beauty clad in exquisite ivory gown seeded with delicate traces of pearls that complimented her almond eyes, ebony hair, and olive skin. As she danced with Prince Potemkin, the crowded room buzzed. Who was she? A sultanβs daughter? A princess from Persia or Byzantium? Young Madame Miriam Zeklinski was a beautiful Jewess destined to inspire love and lust in men throughout the tumultuous events in Russia in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Miriam, Mirele to her family, was married to an ambitious man, a cold hearted man with a brilliant financial mind and the canny political wisdom to rise to the heights of influence at CourtβDov Zeklinski Miriamβs heart aches for happiness and a child, but Dov becomes increasingly distant as he pursues his ambition to join the ranks of the privilegedβto be accepted by Russian society. Dov will sacrifice anything to achieve his goals, including the love of his young wife. Miriam is too rare a jewel to go unnoticed, and although neglected by her husband, she is not without suitors. The dashing and handsome Court Alexei Razovsky pursues her and Miriam cannot resist. She falls passionately in love with Alexei. Palace intrigue threatens the lovers and Dovβs ambition brings vicious enemies to their door. The Song of Miriam is the story of a beautiful woman raised to take her place in the Royal society of Russia. Her loves, her trials, and her determination to be happy clash with devotion to her heritage in a world that is a contrast of great beauty and hideous prejudice and violence.
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