The Pearl: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in Catherine the Great's Russia Condition:Very Good In Beneath the Skin

In Beneath the Skin

From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes

he is warned by an old black woman in Louisiana that 'The Travelling Man' is about to strike again

the assassin known as the Pale Hand will stop at nothing to find her undead sister before she dies for good

East-West Encounters

The Pearl: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in Catherine the Great's Russia Condition:Very Good In Beneath the SkinFilled with a remarkable cast of characters and set against the backdrop of imperial Russia, this tale of forbidden romance could be the stuff of a great historical novel. But in fact The Pearl tells a true tale, reconstructed in part from archival documents that have lain untouched for centuries. Douglas Smith presents the most complete and accurate account ever written of the illicit love between Count Nicholas Sheremetev (1751 1809), Russias