Invite Eva to join your Book Club through Skype or Zoom:

It’s fun and it’s free!

If you’d like me to join your book club meeting and answer questions about any of my novels, please email me and I’ll try my best to schedule an on-line session with your book club.

The School of Mirrors:

I have developed a BEHIND THE BOOK presentation about the research which led me to the novel: Deer Park girls or “little birds” of Versailles who inspired the creation of Veronique Roux  and the 18th century French midwife Madame du Coudray who helped me imagine Aunt Margot and Marie-Louise. 

I’d be happy to share it with you!

 

Suggestions for The Chosen Maiden:

If you loved The Chosen Maiden: and would like to see the ballets mentioned in the novel I have put together the  following links:

The Chosen Maiden Ballets VIDEOS: 1909-1913

The Coosen Maiden Ballets VIDEOS: 1914-1935

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If you would like to hold an authorless Book Club meeting on The Winter Palace and Empress of the Night, you may find the following links of interest:   

 Bookreporter Interview with Eva.

Drink:

Imperial Russian Stout: here is some info on this dark beer Catherine the Great liked. It is available in many small breweries in the US and the UK.

Kvass: you can buy it in a Russian or Polish store near you or make your own. Here is a great Kvass recipe I’ve found.

Nibble:

Russian food is wonderful for nibbling. I would suggest blini with smoked salmon, sour cream and/or caviar. Here is a nice recipe for blini. My suggestion is to make them small and pile them up with toppings.

Or something very easy: slices of cucumber, some smeared with honey in honour of Catherine, some with cream cheese and smoked salmon.

Reading Guides:

The Winter Palace.

Empress of the Night