An Imperial Lover
An Imperial Lover
By M. IMLAY TAYLOR
With Frontispiece. 12mo. 377 pages. Price, $1.25
Miss M. Imlay Taylor will be remembered as the author of a spirited Russian historical novel called “On the Red Staircase,” which has attained a wide reading the past year. She has now written a second novel of the same general description, called “An Imperial Lover.” Again the scene is the Russian court, this time in the reign of Peter the Great, who plays a very important part in the plot. The tale is one of love, of intrigue, and of adventure, and seems to us even better than its predecessor.—The Outlook, New York.The setting is admirably adapted to development under a skillful hand, and the author has succeeded in this undertaking.—The Washington Star.M. Imlay Taylor has the story-teller’s gift in perfection. Every word of her new Russian romance, “An Imperial Lover,” is as captivating as was every word of “On the Red Staircase.”—The Times-Herald, Chicago.The story abounds in exciting incidents and has no dull pages.—The Inter-Ocean, Chicago.M. Imlay Taylor gives us a picturesque and interesting sketch of Moscow society during an eminently interesting period, and tells a capital story.—The Scotsman, Edinburgh.The novel not only shows careful and intelligent study of the period, but it is skilfully constructed, well written, and thoroughly interesting.—The Spectator, London.
Miss M. Imlay Taylor will be remembered as the author of a spirited Russian historical novel called “On the Red Staircase,” which has attained a wide reading the past year. She has now written a second novel of the same general description, called “An Imperial Lover.” Again the scene is the Russian court, this time in the reign of Peter the Great, who plays a very important part in the plot. The tale is one of love, of intrigue, and of adventure, and seems to us even better than its predecessor.—The Outlook, New York.
The setting is admirably adapted to development under a skillful hand, and the author has succeeded in this undertaking.—The Washington Star.
M. Imlay Taylor has the story-teller’s gift in perfection. Every word of her new Russian romance, “An Imperial Lover,” is as captivating as was every word of “On the Red Staircase.”—The Times-Herald, Chicago.
The story abounds in exciting incidents and has no dull pages.—The Inter-Ocean, Chicago.
M. Imlay Taylor gives us a picturesque and interesting sketch of Moscow society during an eminently interesting period, and tells a capital story.—The Scotsman, Edinburgh.
The novel not only shows careful and intelligent study of the period, but it is skilfully constructed, well written, and thoroughly interesting.—The Spectator, London.
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