Princess Olga. Winter Throne Princess Olga

Each book by Elizabeth Dvoretskaya is an exciting adventure, a world of Ancient Rus that you enter right from the pages of the novel. Her heroes evoke involuntary respect, their actions make you empathize and rejoice, and their destinies inspire... such a thrill that it is impossible to tear yourself away without reading to the end.

Based on historical facts, the book covers the period from 941 to 943: the end of the first expedition of the Rus against the Greeks, the preparation for a new campaign, and the second campaign of 943, when the Russian army reached the Danube and was met by ambassadors from Roman with a ransom and proposals for peace. However, neither military nor diplomatic successes come easily, and all this required significant efforts from the princely couple and their entourage, while the main characters had to go through personal dramas, each with their own.

…After the defeat in the Bosporus, Prince Ingvar returns to Kyiv with a new wife – a relative of the Bulgarian Tsar Peter. Offended by this step, Elga refuses to live with her husband and declares that her throne will now be located in Vyshhorod. Only in winter, when Ingvar is on his rounds, does she take his place in Kyiv. The rift between the prince and the princess threatens the collapse of the entire state created by their marriage. Especially considering that Ingvar's closest ally – Mistina Sveneldich – is not only his rival in terms of influence over the retinue, but also in the struggle for the love of the princess.