Red Angel
Lange-Nielsen, Sissel: Rød engel
This historical novel is a compulsively readable portrayal of a fateful transitional period in Russian history - and of a handful of people holding central positions in the circles around Tsar Alexander II, who was assassinated in 1881.
Two half-sisters, Alexandra and Catherine, both became the tsar's mistresses and both bore him children. Alexander eventually married Catherine, but in the interim fate had intervened in the nation's affairs in a manner destined to change the mighty Russian empire forever.
First published: 2001, Aschehoug Fiction
Sissel Lange-Nielsen: Biography and bibliography
