Russia on my mind!

While I was walking the snowy streets of Moscow some memories of a book I read a while ago came up to my mind. Uncertain of the title (unfortunately books' titles are changed when translated in other languages!) the breathtaking love story of Tatiana and Alexander was still vivid in my mind. I remeber those sleepless nights when I could not stop turning the pages because I needed to know more but also slowing the reading not wanting the book to come to and end. Today I made a little research and found out that the title of this book is "The Bronze Horseman" written by Paullina Simons. If you are a romantic soul, and you love impossible loves set in historical background you don't have to miss this book!
Leningrad 1941: the white nights of summer illuminate a city of fallen grandeur whose beautiful palaces and stately avenues speak of a different age, when Leningrad was known as St Petersburg.Two sisters, Tatiana and Dasha, share the same bed, living in one room with their brother and parents. It is a hard, impoverished life, yet the Metanovs know many who are not as fortunate as they.The family routine is shattered on 22 June 1941 when Hitler invades Russia. For the Metanovs, for Leningrad and for Tatiana, life will never be the same again. On the fateful day, Tatiana meets a brash young officer named Alexander.Tatiana and her family suffer as Hitler's army advances on Leningrad, and the Russian winter closes in. With bombs falling and the city under siege, Tatiana and Alexander are drawn to each other in an impossible love. It is a love that could tear Tatiana's family apart, a love that carries a secret that could mean death for anyone who hears it.Confronted on the one hand by Hitler's unstoppable war machine, and on the other by a Soviet system determined to crush the human spirit, Tatiana and Alexander are pitted against the very tide of history, at a turning point in the century that made the modern world.Mesmerizing from the very first page to the final, breathtaking end, The Bronze Horseman brings alive the story of two indomitable, heroic spirits and their great love that triumphs over the devastation of a country at war.

"This novel set in the white nights of Leningrad and during the days of the 900 day siege stays in your mind and heart long after you've finished it. "