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  • The Girl Who Fought Napoleon

  • A Novel of the Russian Empire
  • By: Linda Lafferty
  • Narrated by: Kathleen Gati
  • Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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By: Linda Lafferty
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Summary

In a sweeping story straight out of Russian history, Tsar Alexander I and a courageous girl named Nadezhda Durova join forces against Napoleon.

It's 1803, and an adolescent Nadya is determined not to follow in her overbearing Ukrainian mother's footsteps. She's a horsewoman, not a housewife. When Tsar Paul is assassinated in St. Petersburg and a reluctant and naive Alexander is crowned emperor, Nadya runs away from home and joins the Russian cavalry in the war against Napoleon. Disguised as a boy and riding her spirited stallion, Alcides, Nadya rises in the ranks, even as her father begs the tsar to find his daughter and send her home.

Both Nadya and Alexander defy expectations - she as a heroic fighter and he as a spiritual seeker - while the battles of Austerlitz, Friedland, Borodino, and Smolensk rage on.

In a captivating tale that brings Durova's memoirs to life, from bloody battlefields to glittering palaces, two rebels dare to break free of their expected roles and discover themselves in the process.

©2016 Linda Lafferty (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.
Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction Fiction War Imperialism
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Captivating

Unique angle on the Napoleonic wars, thoroughly enjoyable and very well performed though the french accent could be occasionally grating.

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