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Background
Like Caroline Ferriday from Lilac Girls the characters in Lost Roses are
real people from history. Martha Hall Kelly did meticulous research to
make sure her facts were correct and then built a wonderful work of
historical fiction around events from history. This second book in the
Lilac Girls series takes place in 1914 in the days leading up to and during
the Bolshevik Revolution.
Plot Summary
The book begins as Eliza Ferriday from New York City is going to visit
her good friend Sofya in St. Petersburg, Russia. They had met years
before in Paris and become good friends. Even though it is 1914 and
the world would seem to be on the brink of war, Eliza is excited for her
trip and a visit with her good friend. She arrives safely and all
seems to be going well till there is word that they must flee the city
because of the revolutionaries are nearby and are trying to overturn all the
wealthy ruling class. Eliza sails home to New York and Sofya and her
family escape to their summer home in the countryside.
While they are in their summer home they hire a local
fortuneteller's daughter, Varinka, to work in their
household. This turns out to be a very bad decision. As time goes on
the revolutionaries kidnap the family and keep them captive in an
outbuilding of the family's luxurious summer home. The
storyline continues and keeps us on edge as we wonder how the family will
survive and will they escape to Paris as they hope.
As the story continues, we see the ways both Eliza and Sofya work in
these troubled times to help those in need.
I found this book to be very interesting. Martha Hall Kelly has a way
of making her characters come to life and I found myself reading into the
night to find out what would happen next.
Book One of the Series
The first book in the series, actually chronologically comes after Lost
Roses. It is set in a World War II time frame and features Eliza's
daughter Caroline. It too was a very compelling story that I had a
hard time putting down.
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I do love historical fiction, especially books that are true to historical facts which does require a great deal of research. I am sure I would enjoy this historical fiction series. Thank you so much for the review and introduction.
ReplyDeleteLike Sylvestermouse, In also love well written and well researched historical fiction. This sounds like a wonderful series I’d enjoy. Thanks so much for the recommendation.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds like an excellent read - Love the idea that it's based on real characters and was researched in detail - historical fiction is one of my fave genres
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a really interesting series you have discovered, Mary Beth. Thanks for your review and introduction to this series of historical fiction.
ReplyDeleteOh I always like books that have characters in them that you can get caught up in. Sounds like I have a couple of new books on my want to read list! Thanks Mary Beth!
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds like an excellent read. I do love books that have well developed characters and an interesting storyline. Thank you for you r recommendation.
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