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The eleventh year
ISBN: 9780440022411
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The Eleventh Yearis a novel ofoverwhelming
passion and dark intrigue, sweeping from
St. Petersburg during the Russian Revolu-
tion to the brothcls of Singapore. from Vas-
sar in 1918 to the glittering Paris of the
twcntics. In the tradition of her best-selling
The Four Winds of Heaven and Encore,
Monique Raphel High s third novel is a talc
of mcn and women consumed by the urge
to live and love, whatever the cost--a novel
set in a brilliant era unparalleled in its
glamor.
Lesley Aymes Richardson, a dazzling
New York socialite, and hcr devoted Vassar
roommate, Jamie Lynne Stcwart, arrive in
the Paris of Gertrude Stein and E Scott Fitz-
gerald. Although initially intcnding to be-
come an artist, Lesley forgocs a career to
marry the aristocratic Alexandrc dc Va-
retake. Jamie is determined to bccome one of
Amcrica s most celebrated writers. For the
sakc of her work she ends her tempestuous
affair with Alcxandre s handsome, unscru-
pulous brother, Panl--despite the fact that
she is unmarried and about to bear his
child.
Then, into the frenzied social whirl of
post-World War 1 Paris sweeps the myste-
rious Russian princess, Elena Egorova. En-
tranced by her exotic beauty, Paul falls under
her spell. She easily seduces him and draws
Paul into her sinister scheme to make a for-
tune.Together they threaten Lcsley with ex-
posure of a terrible secret, a secret that
