{"product_id":"the-lost-daughter-9780062843272","title":"The Lost Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you loved \u003cem\u003eI Was Anastasia\u003c\/em\u003e by Ariel Lawhon you won't want to miss this novel about her sister, Grand Duchess Maria. What really happened to this lost Romanov daughter? A new novel perfect for anyone curious about Anastasia, Maria, and the other lost Romanov daughters, by the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Wife\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1918: Pretty, vivacious Grand Duchess Maria Romanov, the nineteen-year-old daughter of the fallen Tsar Nicholas II, lives with her family in suffocating isolation, a far cry from their once-glittering royal household. Her days are a combination of endless boredom and paralyzing fear; her only respite are clandestine flirtations with a few of the guards imprisoning the family--never realizing her innocent actions could mean the difference between life and death\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1973: When Val Doyle hears her father's end-of-life confession, \"I didn't want to kill her,\" she's stunned. So, she begins a search for the truth--about his words and her past. The clues she discovers are baffling--a jewel-encrusted box that won't open and a camera with its film intact. What she finds out pulls Val into one of the world's greatest mysteries--what truly happened to the Grand Duchess Maria? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul, Gill:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGill Paul\u003c\/strong\u003e is an author of historical fiction, specialising in relatively recent history. She has written two novels about the last Russian royal family: \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Wife\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 2016, which tells the story of cavalry officer Dmitri Malama and Grand Duchess Tatiana, the second daughter of Russia's last tsar; and \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e, published in October 2018, that tells of the attachment Grand Duchess Maria formed with a guard in the house in Ekaterinburg where the family was held from April to July 1918.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGill's other novels include \u003cem\u003eAnother Woman's Husband\u003c\/em\u003e, about links you may not have been aware of between Wallis Simpson, later Duchess of Windsor, and Diana, Princess of Wales; \u003cem\u003eWomen and Children First, \u003c\/em\u003e about a young steward who works on the \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Affair, \u003c\/em\u003eset in Rome in 1961-62 as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton fall in love while making \u003cem\u003eCleopatra\u003c\/em\u003e; and\u003cem\u003e No Place for a Lady\u003c\/em\u003e, about two Victorian sisters who travel out to the Crimean War of 1854-56 and face challenges beyond anything they could have imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50513796858130,"sku":"9780062843272","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d4875c8a-f781-49bf-b2c9-f52b678e78f1.jpg?v=1730967314","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lost-daughter-9780062843272","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}