Called "a Russian Thorn Birds," The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons is a sweeping saga of love and war that has been a monumental bestseller all over the world.The golden skies, the translucent twilight, and the white nights all hold the promise of youth, of love, and of eternal renewal. The war has not yet touched this city of fallen grandeur or the lives of two sisters, Tatiana and Dasha Metanova, who share a single room in a cramped apartment with their brother and parents. Their world is turned upside down when ...
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Called "a Russian Thorn Birds," The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons is a sweeping saga of love and war that has been a monumental bestseller all over the world.The golden skies, the translucent twilight, and the white nights all hold the promise of youth, of love, and of eternal renewal. The war has not yet touched this city of fallen grandeur or the lives of two sisters, Tatiana and Dasha Metanova, who share a single room in a cramped apartment with their brother and parents. Their world is turned upside down when Hitler's armies attack Russia and begin their unstoppable blitz to Leningrad.Yet there is light in the darkness. Tatiana meets Alexander, a brave young officer in the Red Army. Strong and self-confident, yet guarding a mysterious and troubled past, he is drawn to Tatiana--and she to him. Starvation, desperation, and fear soon grip their city during the terrible winter of the merciless German siege. Tatiana and Alexander's impossible love threatens to tear the Metanova family apart and expose the dangerous secret Alexander so carefully protects--a secret as devastating as the war itself--as the lovers are swept up in the brutal tides that will change the world and their lives forever.
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Everytime I read a book like this with the main female character with no personality, virginal, innocent, dumb and never been kissed I wonder did a guy write this. Amazingly they are being written by women. Tatiana is so immature and stupid I wondered if I was reading a book intended for Junior High school Girls. I wanted to read about Russian History I had never read anything about it or about their culture. I was disappointed that it did not explain more about the period's beliefs about women, their role in society and acceptable social conduct for that period of time. It could have been set now. They seemed no different than girls now days. With the sister Dasha going to clubs and not coming home most nights and then we have pure virginal sister who has never even kissed a guy. I wonder how accurate the history is also since the herione and Alexander were so unreal. If you like reading about Virgins that are more innocent than Mary Mother of God getting it their first time this is the novel for you. If you want depth and real people with real problems and flaws read a real novel GONE WITH THE WIND.
Francesca
Dec 23, 2007
Children of Russia
This book is the first in a trilogy woven about a pair of Russian lovers. The author deals in complicated plots and characters with whom one gets emotionally involved. After this book, every minor affliction that bruises my life gets measured against the siege of Leningrad. Alexander is your quintessential war hero, Tatiana his match in courage, ability, and passion. After they are rescued from a deception that seeks to protect her sister from realizing it is Tatiana he loves, further obstacles to their union diversify and multiply. By that time you are so bound up with the characters that you need to accompany them on their tortuous journey. For those who have issues with portrayals of explicit sex, it seems to me you have choices: Skip the books, skip the passages at issue, or see them as expressions of a sacred, God-given intimacy.
