the lost daughter: a novel  <p><strong>if you loved <em>i was anastasia</em> by ariel lawhon you won&apos;t want to miss this novel about her sister, grand duchess maria. what really happened to this lost romanov daughter? a new novel perfect for anyone curious about anastasia, maria, and the other lost romanov daughters, by the author of <em>the secret wife</em>. </strong></p><p><u>1918</u>: pretty, vivacious grand duchess maria romanov, the nineteen-year-old daughter of the fallen tsar nicholas ii, lives with her family in suffocating isolation, a far cry from their once-glittering royal household. her days are a combination of endless boredom and paralyzing fear; her only respite are clandestine flirtations with a few of the guards imprisoning the family—never realizing her innocent actions could mean the difference between life and death</p><p><u>1973</u>: when val doyle hears her father’s end-of-life confession, “i didn’t want to kill her,” she’s stunned. so, she begins a search for the truth—about his words and her past. the clues she discovers are baffling—a jewel-encrusted box that won’t open and a camera with its film intact. what she finds out pulls val into one of the world’s greatest mysteries—what truly happened to the grand duchess maria? </p>