THE WINTER PALACE

Book ID/图书代码： 12844012B55576

English Summary/英文概要： THE WINTER PALACE is a beautifully paced historical novel about the struggle between love and power, friendship and ambition, trust and an ever growing suspicion of betrayal.

Set in the Russian court in a twenty-year period in the mid 18th century, the novel is about the reigning Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great, and the rise to power of Catherine Alexeyevna, a German Princess who through her dynamism and star quality forces a coup to become Catherine II, Catherine the Great.

The novel is told through the eyes of Varenka, a Polish bookbinder’s daughter, employed at court by both women as their messenger and spy, and negotiating an increasingly difficult and dangerous path between them.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《严冬之殿》是一部拥有柔美笔触的历史小说，讲述了爱与权利，友情与野心，信任以及不断攀升的对于背叛的怀疑之间的故事。

故事发生在18世纪中期的俄国宫廷，在彼得大帝的女儿伊丽莎白女皇统治的二十余年间，德国公主叶卡捷琳娜的权势不断扩大，凭借着她异于常人的冲劲和过人的气场，叶卡捷琳娜发动了一场政变，从此成为叶卡捷琳娜大帝。

故事的叙述者是一名波兰装订商的女儿--瓦兰卡，瓦兰卡受雇于宫廷，她是两个充满权势的女人之间的信使，也是她们各自的间谍，伊丽莎白和叶卡捷琳娜之间有着一种诡异的均衡局势，而瓦兰卡则在两个女人危机四伏的勾心斗角之下谨慎游走。(DC)

Awards/获奖情况："The book roars along, with all the backstabbing, forced marriages, shifting alliances and drama that make up this royal household. . . . A very entertaining book."—The Gazette (Montreal)

"Stachniak has uncovered a treasure trove of rich material. . . . [Her] vision casts light over recent Russian history too, which is exactly what a piece of historical fiction should do."—The Globe and Mail

About the Author/作者介绍： 伊娃•思达西尼亚克，生于弗罗茨瓦夫，波兰。1981年作者定居加拿大并在加拿大国际广播公司工作，同时在谢尔丹学院担任英语与人类学课程的授课教师。1994年，《安蒂戈尼什评论》上发表了其第一步短篇小说《大理石英雄》，其处女作《不可或缺的谎言》在2000年赢得加拿大亚马逊优秀首部小说奖。此外作者还著有《维纳斯的花园》，该书被译为多种语言在世界范围内发行。作者现居加拿大多伦多市，正致力于下一部小说《叶卡捷琳娜大帝》的创作，本书将由Bantam图书出版。

Eva Stachniak was born in Wroclaw, Poland. She moved to Canada in 1981 and has worked for Radio Canada International and Sheridan College, where she taught English and humanities. Her first short story, “Marble Heroes,” was published by The Antigonish Review in 1994, and her debut novel, Necessary Lies, won the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2000. She is also the author of Garden of Venus, which has been translated into seven languages. She lives in Toronto, where she is at work on her next novel about Catherine the Great, which Bantam Books will publish.

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：版权已售：荷兰 - 波兰，英联邦，加拿大，德国改变世界出版有限公司，克罗地亚，阿尔巴尼亚

The Netherlands - Uitgeverij de Arbeiderspers
Poland - Spoleczny Instytut Wydawniczy Znak sp. z.o.o.
Uk & Commonwealth ex Canada - Transworld Publishers Ltd
Germany - Suhrkamp Verlag KG
Croatia - Mozaik knjiga
Albania - MORAVA

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