Книга: Enchantments

The "Mad Monk" Rasputin has been murdered, his body found floating down the icy Neva River. In the belief that his daughter Masha possesses the mystic"s gift for healing, the Imperial family summon her to wait on the sickly young prince, Tsarevitch Alyosha. But when the Bolshevik Revolution forces the Tsar to abdicate, the family and their attendants are placed under house arrest. Trapped together, Masha and Alyosha find unlikely solace in one another"s company. From within the walls of the palace the two teenagers create a private realm of magic and love, as Masha introduces the young Tsarevitch to a wild and beautiful land he will never live to rule.