WSJ’s Top Book Recommendations-Cary Regional

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1. The rebel Romanov: Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the empress Russia never had

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"In 1795, Catherine the Great of Russia was in search of a bride for her grandson Constantine. ... In an eerie echo of her own story, Catherine selected an innocent young German princess, Julie of Saxe-Coburg, aunt of the future Queen Victoria. Though Julie had everything a young bride could wish for, she was alone in a court dominated by an aging empress and riven with rivalries, plotting, and gossip--not to mention her brute of a husband. ... She...