Ellen Alpsten - A cárnő lánya

The novel II. It tells the life story of Elizabeth, the Tsar of all Russians. Ambition and passion, sudden fall and unexpected rise - the everyday life of the 18th-century Russian tsarist court comes to life in Ellen Alpsten's second novel, which is a worthy sequel to her first volume, The Empress.
Born into the House of Romanov, Elizabeth or Lizanyka, as she was called as a little girl, was born as the daughter of the reforming tsar Peter the Great and Catherine I. Her father wants her to marry the king of France. But fate has something else in store for Lizanyka. After her father's death, her mother, a former serf, ascends the throne, so Lizanyka is no longer only the tsar, but also the daughter of the tsar. Her mother may have come to power, and the French court did not come forward with a marriage proposal, so a new goal appears in Erzsébet's eyes: to rule in her own right and carry on her father's legacy. Due to new hair-raising tragedies and misfortunes, not only his title and his role at court, but also his life are often in danger.
Grinding between loves and losses, the naive little girl drifting with events becomes a mature woman who gets what she wants. Eventually you will learn that too. that the throne cannot only be inherited, it must be earned, and if it happens, it must be fought for. Even at the cost of an innocent child's life.