The Bridge to Holy Cross by Paullina Simons

The Bridge to Holy Cross by Paullina Simons

'The Bridge to Holy Cross' is a powerful story of love and hope -- a passionate and epic love story from the Russian-born author of 'The Bronze Horseman'. The world at war!two people in love. Tatiana is eighteen-years-old and pregnant when she miraculously escapes war-torn Leningrad for the West, believing herself to be a widow. Her husband, Major Alexander Belov, a decorated hero of the Soviet Union, has been arrested by Stalin's infamous secret police and is awaiting imminent death as a traitor and a spy. Tatiana begins her new life in America. In wartime New York City she finds work, friends and a life beyond her dreams. However, her grief is inescapable and she keeps hearing Alexander calling out to her. Meanwhile, Alexander faces the greatest danger he's ever known. An American trapped in Russia since adolescence, he has been serving in the Red Army and posing as a Soviet citizen to protect himself. For him, Russia's war is not over, and both victory and defeat will mean certain death. As World War II moves into its final violent phase, Tatiana and Alexander are surrounded by the ghosts of their past and each other. They must struggle against destiny and despair as they find themselves in the fight of their lives. A master of the historical epic, Paullina Simons takes us on a journey across continents, time, and the entire breadth of human emotion, to create a heartrendingly beautiful love story that will live on long after the final page is turned.

'Pulling off the passionate love story embedded in a truly epic narrative is a difficult thing to doMargaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind remains the blueprint for the genre, while Tolstoy's War and Peace carries off the literary honours!it's quickly apparent that the Russian-born author Paullina Simons has the measure of this kind of epic romantic saga. The power of her descriptive writing, the vividness of the historical detail and, most of all, the strength of her central characters mark out her novel as a considerable achievement!she is able to make some powerful statements about the durability of the human spirit, but never at the expense of descriptive passages refulgent with power and beauty.' Barry Forshaw, Amazon

Paullina Simons was born in Leningrad in 1963. As a child she emigrated to Queens, New York, and attended colleges in Long Island. Then she moved to England and attended Essex University, before returning to America. She lives in New York with her husband and children.

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ISBN 13	9780007160020
ISBN 10	000716002X
Title	The Bridge to Holy Cross
Author	Paullina Simons
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2003-02-17
Number of pages	672
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.