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Bookbits interview

This is a link to a conversation I had with Craig Rintoul- the executive producer of Bookbits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9TXzu...

Hope you enjoy it!
Eva

The Winter Palace @ CanadaAM

I was able to talk about my inspiration for The Winter Palace with Marci Ien at CTV Canada AM, today.
Enjoy!
Eva

http://watch.ctv.ca/news/top-picks/ev...

The Winter Palace in the blogosphere

Hello,
The Winter Palace is out and is doing well. It has made it to The Globe and Mail Bestsellers's list as #3.
To my delight I am also being hosted by wonderful blogs.
Please take a look at my website to get a sense of what we are talking about when we are talking about The Winter Palace:
http://www.evastachniak.com/blogs/

And there will be more, I promise!

Eva

Win a copy of The Winter Palace

Bookreporter is offering free review copies of The Winter Palace.
Here are the contest details:

http://www.bookreporter.com/features/...

US trailer for The Winter Palace

I have just been sent a link to the YouTube site with the US trailer for The Winter Palace.
Many thanks Bantam Books!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChwoJz...

First few pages of The Winter Palace

My publisher has just sent me a link to this excerpt of "The Winter Palace."
After all the editing, polishing, and fixing, I am so thrilled to see these pages in full glory.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/73498133/Th...

The Winter Palace is gathering speed

It is the middle of November already and I am beginning to feel that The Winter Palace is ready for its launch into the world of books. This is an anxious moment, hopeful and scary at the same time.

It helps to know that there is a wonderful team behind the book.

This is what my Canadian publisher, Doubleday, has just sent me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RNlgK...The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great

Robert M. Massey's "Catherine the Great."

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I have read all biographies of Catherine The Great I could find and they all have something in them that is unique. Robert K. Massey's Catherine includes extensive excerpts from her memoirs, letters, and other primary sources--adding authentic voices to the narrative. Massey calls his biography "a portrait of a woman" and he is consistent in showing Catherine's feminine side.
I found his discussion of historical background very illuminating--he cleared a few mysteries for me--however I found that the last years of her life did not get as thorough a treatment as earlier periods. I was looking forward to his take on Platon Zubov, Catherine's last favourite, but got little there beyond a tantalizing statement that Zubov was different than her other lovers. Her earlier liaisons have been discussed with more details and are far more developed.
With all these flaws, the book is splendid and a true complement to the existing biographies of this enigmatic, fascinating, and powerful woman. I heartily recommend it.



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The Winter Palace

The Goodreads readers have begun posting first reviews of "The Winter Palace," my newest novel which chronicles Catherine the Great's rise to power.

The novel will be published in January 2012 in Canada and the U.S. For now only early advance copies are available.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to review "The Winter Palace." I am thrilled to get the first sense of what in the novel pleases the readers and hoping that the reviews will keep coming.

Eva StachniakThe Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the GreatEva Stachniak