They’re waiting to play soccer with you again. They’re waiting for you, Tatiana wanted to say to him. “Just you and I, Anton,” whispered Tatiana. “Yes,” he said, squeezing her hand and closing his eyes. “Your leg will heal, and maybe next summer we’ll go to Tauride Park and play soccer again.” “I think you’re right,” Tatiana said quietly. “In August when you came back from Luga, me, you, Volodya, Petka, and Pasha played soccer in Tauride Park? You wanted the ball so much, you kicked my shin to get it? I think it was the same leg.” A faint smile passed over Anton’s face.
“Tania,” he said, “remember summer before last?” His voice was weak. Tatiana brought him a piece of Alexander’s chocolate. She stood for a long time-her face pressed into Alexander’s chest, his arms around her-and cried.Īnton’s leg was not getting better. Tatiana and Alexander’s impossible love threatens to tear the Metanova family apart and expose the dangerous secret Alexander so carefully protects - a secret as devastating as the war itself - as the lovers are swept up in the brutal tides that will change the world and their lives forever.Alexander took hold of Tatiana’s hand and said soothingly, patting his chest, “Come here.”
Starvation, desperation, and fear soon grip their city during the terrible winter of the merciless German siege. Strong and self-confident, yet guarding a mysterious and troubled past, he is drawn to Tatiana - and she to him. Tatiana meets Alexander, a brave young officer in the Red Army. Their world is turned upside down when Hitler’s armies attack Russia and begin their unstoppable blitz to Leningrad. The war has not yet touched this city of fallen grandeur, or the lives of two sisters, Tatiana and Dasha Metanova, who share a single room in a cramped apartment with their brother and parents. The golden skies, the translucent twilight, the white nights, all hold the promise of youth, of love, of eternal renewal.
Zhivago ” (People Magazine ), The Bronze Horseman is rich and vivid historical fiction at its finest.
“A love story both tender and fierce” (Publishers Weekly) that “Recalls Dr. The acclaimed author of Tully, Simons has written a stirring tale of devotion, passion, secrets, betrayal, and sacrifice. Called “a Russian Thorn Birds” The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons is a sweeping saga of love and war that has been a monumental bestseller all over the world. An epic story of secrets, betrayal and an impossible love.
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