2nd Printing now available
A novel by Gisela Zebroski
THE BARONESS
This suspenseful, true-to-life drama is a page turner. It opens
in the opulent Russian court society pre WW-I. Growing anarchy
foreshadows the dying days of the Russian Empire, WW-I,the spreading
revolution and Lenin’s purges. These events plunge Elisa and her family
into an series of deadly crises. Married to the older Baron Carl
von Hohenheim, with five children, she is a striking beauty and
singer. In the midst of growing chaos she falls in love with the
intriguing Count Baranowsky. Their powerful passion eases her
despair when their communist gardener burns down the manor,
murders her nanny and a death squad confronts her family. During
Baranowsky‘s visit from the front Carl discovers Elisa’s
indiscretion. She feels little remorse and gains emotional
independence in her mission to steer her family through the turbulence
of the revolution. The family escapes and flees to the home of
Carl’s brother in Riga, Latvia, but the Bolsheviks soon catch up with
them. Two of her sons join the Baltic Home Front.
Gustav is killed. Max battles against overpowering odds.
The Bolsheviks arrest Elisa and send her on a death march to a frozen
lake. She escapes execution, returns to her family and
anticipates her rescue by the Home Front.
This action-packed novel is peppered with Elisa’s growing assurance of
her course through the turbulence, buoyed by her passion. Max
faces danger with the help of their lusty maid, a sexy mistress of a
Bolshevik commissar and the young Latvian widow he rescues from her
execution. The bloody battles amid Bolshevik brutality
drive the story to its incredible resolution. It provides insight
into the strength of character needed for survival when enmeshed in an
era ongoing deadly political struggles – contemporary with Pasternak’s
novel ‘Dr. Zhivago.’
Ordering Information:
ISBN: 0-9711039-3-3
Softbound - 455 pages
$23 postpaid (USA)
Inkling Press
PO Box 2598
Menlo Park, CA 94026-2598
650-367-8794
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