![]() This is her second novel, after The Russian Concubine. ‘For fans of historical, epic fiction, it doesn’t get much better than this ? exciting and atmospheric, with strong and gutsy characters’ The Bookseller ‘This gripping novel is poignant, beautifully written and will capture the reader to the last’ Sun Kate Furnivall lives in Devon. Her perilous search takes her from industrial factories to remote villages, where she discovers a web of secrecy and lies, but also bonds of courage and loyalty ? and an overwhelming love that threatens her promise to Anna. Russia, gripped by the iron fist of Communism, is no longer the country of her friend’s childhood. So when Anna falls gravely ill, Sofia makes a promise to escape the camp and find Vasily: to chase the memory that has for so long spun hope in both their hearts. Suleyman became besotted with Roxelana and foreswore all other concubines, freeing and marrying her. Only two things have sustained her through the bitter cold, aching hunger and hard labour: the prospect of one day walking free and the stories told by her friend Anna, beguiling tales of a charmed upbringing in Petrograd ? and of Anna’s fervent love for a passionate revolutionary, Vasily. Abducted by slave traders from her home in Ruthenia modern-day Ukraine around 1515, Roxelana was brought to Istanbul and trained in the palace harem as a concubine for Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire and one of the world’s most powerful men. Davinsky Labour Camp, Siberia, 1933: Sofia Morozova knows she has to escape. ![]() Under a Blood Red Sky is a breathtaking epic novel a tale of love, escape, revenge and redemption. ![]()
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