For the Tsar and the Raj
Prince Michael Tetov is a page for Nicholas II and his mother a lady-in-waiting to Empress Alexander in Russia.
The Tetovs socialize with the wealthy Russian court society, including the
magnificently rich Usupov family. When Michael meets the Usupov’s servant, Anna, a student revolutionary, the two are instantly smitten with one another and fall passionately in love.
The Revolution of 1917 begins and Michael must hide his mother. Anna assures him she will keep his mother safe, but Anna proves to be a wolf in disguise when she surrenders Michael’s mother to the Bolsheviks. One betrayal after another leaves Michael to lose his faith; God is dead to him.
When Michael is sent to Siberia, he has to serve under the “Monster of the Urals.” Witnessing and participating in the unimaginable horrors of war, Michael becomes a shell of the man he once was. Escaping Siberia, he joins a close friend, the Maharaja of Shandragar, in India during the Malabar Riots.
Michael’s view of life is reinforced when he witnesses the ugliness of human behavior. Hope glimmers when he makes a decision that changes the course of his life and restores his faith in love. But fate takes another drastic turn, threatening to take everything from him once again.
Berry’s novel interweaves history with a riveting story of a man trying to forget a past that nearly destroyed his self-worth and his faith. For the Tsar and the Raj is a masterful novel focusing on a man’s deepest impulses to regain his heart, mind and soul, at any cost.
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ISBN: 978-1-60911-
About the Author:
Dr. Thomas Berry is a retired professor of Russian language and literature. He lectures for John Hopkins University, the Smithsonian Institution, the Russian Cultural Society in Washington, D.C., and on numerous international cruise lines. Dr. Berry has published several academic books and has traveled extensively all over the globe.
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