Tsarina: 'Makes Game of Thrones look like a nursery rhyme' - Daisy Goodwin - High/Low (Paperback)

Alpsten's colourful narrative does full justice to her extraordinary career * Sunday Times *
With its sprawling canvas and huge cast...it's an entertaining romp through the endless intrigue, violence and debauchery of court life.' * Mail on Sunday *
The extraordinary life of Catherine I of Russia is brought to life in Alpsten's colourful novel. * Sunday Times, Summer Picks *
This is the ultimate Cinderella story of an illiterate peasant girl who becomes the empress of Russia. It makes Game of Thrones look like a nursery rhyme. * Daisy Goodwin *
As detailed as the jewels and enamel inlay on the creations of Faberge...[a] crisp, elegant fictional account of history, woven with emotion and brio.' * Adriana Trigiani *
Luscious...Alpsten has clearly done some brilliant research. It reads like Game of Thrones without the dragons. * Natasha Pulley *
[Alpsten] recounts this remarkable woman's colourful life and times. * Count Nikolai Tolstoy *