The Witch and the Tsar

''A delicate weaving of myth and history, The Witch and the Tsar breathes new life into stories you think you know'' Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf Yaga lives deep in the Russian forest, tending to any that call upon her for her healing potions and vast wisdom. She has been alone for centuries, with only her beloved animals for company. But, when Tsaritsa Anastasia, wife of Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich, shows up at Yaga''s cottage on the brink of death, Yaga is compelled to travel with her to Moscow to keep her safe. However, the Russia Yaga sees as she makes her journey to the heart of the country is one on the brink of chaos. Tsar Ivan - soon to become Ivan the Terrible - grows more volatile and tyrannical by the day, and Yaga believes the tsaritsa is being poisoned by an unknown enemy. But what Yaga cannot know is that Ivan is being manipulated by powers far older and more fearsome than anyone can imagine. Set in sixteenth-century Russia, The Witch and the Tsar upends the stories we know of Baba Yaga as the bony-legged witch of Slavic fairy tales and the stuff of nightmares. For beyond the rumours of her iron nose, fangs for teeth, and house on chicken legs, is the story of a woman so wise and strong that she has to be cloaked in lies to hide her true power.

Product details

• Authors: Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Olesya Salnikova, Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.12.2023
• EAN: 9780008555627
• ISBN: 978-0-00-855562-7
• No. of pages: 415
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Russia, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION / Alternative History, FICTION / Fantasy / Historical, FICTION / Historical / Medieval, Narrative theme: Politics, Historical fantasy, Empires & historical states, Russian tsarist empire, FICTION / World Literature / Russia / General, Fairy and Folk tales / Fairy tale retellings, Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction