The Winter Palace (A novel of the young Catherine the Great), Paperback

When Vavara, a young Polish orphan, arrives at the glittering, dangerous court of the Empress Elizabeth in St Petersburg, she is schooled in skills ranging from lock-picking to love-making, learning above all else to stay silent - and listen.

• Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• Author(s): Eva Stachniak
• Number of pages: 512
• Publication date: 2012
• Dimensions: 163 x 199 x 33
• Cover type: Paperback / softback