The Tempestuous Affair
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- Author: Caroline Courtney
- Publisher: Warner Library of Caroline Courtney Romance #14
- Year: April 1981 (ISBN 0-446-94608-7) Paperback
- Setting: 1812, Russia
- Amazon Listing: The Tempestuous Affair
Book Description
When her father dies without leaving a male heir, Miss Lucy Stanton is forced to leave her ancestral home and live with her grandfather in Russia. Her cousin, Nikolai Kuragin, escorts her from England to St. Petersburg.
Lucy dislikes arrogant Nicolai Kuragin from the start and flirts with his sworn enemy, Prince Vasili Orlow. But her playing with fire leads to disaster and she learns who is friend and who is foe quite brutally. To save her reputation, she is forced to accept a marriage with Nikolai.
But then Napoleon invades Russia and now she has to fight - not for her reputation but to survive...
Translations
Germany
- Title: Amanda - Die russische Affäre
- Publisher: Heyne
- Year: 1982 (ISBN 3-453-01458-8)
- Amazon Listing: Amanda - Die russische Affäre
Note: In translations of that time some given names were changed.
