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Anna

by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles · 1990

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When Anne Peters, a young Englishwoman, is offered a new life in St Petersburg as governess to Count Kirov's children, she finds herself caught up in the intense lives of the family. The author won the Young Writer's Award in 1972 for her book "The Waiting Game".

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RussiaRussiaMore like thisLess of this
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Audience
adult
Length
epic · 631 pages

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