War and Passion (Vol. 2 - Saga of the Borodin Family - Paperback Edition)

A NOVEL SET IN RUSSIA, DURING ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC MOMENTS IN WORLD HISTORY. Judith Stein, a Jewish anarchist, has just returned from a three-year exile in Siberia, rescued by Prince Piotr Borodin, also punished for opposing Rasputin. In the United States, Russian princess Ilona Borodina, Piotr's sister, is married to journalist George Hayman, and decides to return to Russia upon learning of the decree granting a general amnesty to all political prisoners. As the revolution seems to be drawing ever closer, the Borodins desperately try to preserve their ideals, their traditions, and their old world. A narrative of the romances, conspiracies, and secrets that preceded the Russian Revolution and the downfall of Tsarism in the early 20th century. • War and Passion is the second book in the Borodin family saga, by Leslie Arlen.