The Eagle and the Dove

Von Glassman #2

by Ruth Freeman Solomon

IN THE TWILIGHT OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA-THEIR UNTAMED LOVE BLAZED LIKE THE SUN...

RONYA VON GLASMAN-She was the dove, the dark-eyed Jewish beauty, the wealthy daughter of a family with pride-and passions-all its own...

BORIS PIROV-He was her eagle, the golden-haired PRince-with the fire of Russia's fiercest tribe in his veins...

TAMARA-Sultry, brazen gypsy, tied to Ronya's land by law and blood, she was a forest queen, forever haunting their lives with her wild, primitive call...

Genres: Russia, Historical Fiction

502 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1970

About the author

Solomon was born in Kiev in 1908. Her birthdate is unknown, but she chose April 21 -- the same birthday as one of her childhood friends. She emigrated to the United States with her family when she was 3 years old.

Raised in Fall River, Mass., and Freeport, N.Y., Solomon graduated from Syracuse University in 1929 with a degree in political science. She was the first female captain of the debate team.

In 1930, she married Joseph Solomon and moved to Vienna, Austria, where she earned a graduate degree in humanities from the University of Vienna.

Nine years later, the couple moved to San Francisco, where Ruth Solomon raised two sons, Daniel and George. A member of Congregation Emanu-El, she also volunteered for a number of organizations including the Friends of Langley Porter Clinic, the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning and the Advisory Committee to U.C. Berkeley's School of Health.

Although Solomon published her last novel in 1974, she continued to write articles up until her death. When she wasn't writing, she filled her days with friends and acquaintances -- among them Golda Meir, Robert Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt and Abba Eban.

"She had an enormous list of famous confidantes. I'm not even sure how she came to know all these important people," Solomon said. "She didn't talk about it. Perhaps that's why she received so many confidences."

* http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/3914/historical-novelist-ruth-freeman-solomon-dies-at-88/

Reviews

[Jena]

Need safety info please!

[Dorcas]

Too trashy for my taste. I don't like husbands who rape their wives on their wedding night (or any night) because they're mad at their father-in-law, or males who reason that sleeping around and over drinking is just "being a man". Nor do I like to see women put up with it.
The double standards also really bothered me. For instance, the wife asks her husband on their wedding day, "Are you going to be faithful to me?" and he replies "No, that's just how I am. But if you even THINK about going near any man, I'll kill him."
At 150 pages in I couldn't see much story beyond the "romance", and for me the romance wasn't satisfying. Readers who favor the Alpha Male may enjoy this more than me.

[Vintage]

Review later, but an incredible and awesome classic.

Loosely based on fact.

[Diane]

A rousing romance set in Russia, Ukraine and Odessa at the end of the nineteenth century. A Jewess, Ronya, marries Boris the Tartar; her sister Katya marries Count Alexis and converts to Christianity. Then there is Tamara, the gypsy, raised alongside Ronya.

[Tiaret]

Now this was a book, loved the strong women. My favorite character was The Blond One, imagine calling somebody that all of their lives.