Project Gutenberg 2023-04-08 Public domain in the USA. 91 Taylor, Mary Imlay 1878 1938 Taylor, M. Imlay (Mary Imlay) On the red staircase $aUnited States :$bA. C. McClurg & Company, $c1896. A story of Russia in the youthful days of Peter the Great. D A Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by University of California libraries) "On the Red Staircase" by Mary Imlay Taylor is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. Set against the turbulent backdrop of early Russian history, the narrative unfolds around the politically charged climate following the death of Czar Feodor. The story introduces various central figures including the Patriarch Joachim, who is overseeing the election of a new czar, the ambitious Czarevna Sophia, and Zénaïde, the young daughter of a recently murdered boyar, caught in a web of court intrigue and familial conflict. At the start of the novel, the reader is thrust into the Grand Square of the Kremlin, where a crowd has gathered for the election of a new ruler amidst cries for justice and shifting loyalties. The protagonist, a Frenchman named Philippe de Brousson, becomes entwined in the unfolding drama, witnessing the manipulations and power plays of the nobility, particularly focusing on the rise of Peter Alexeivitch against the backdrop of the milieux of the Streltsi and the Miloslavsky faction. Philippe's interest piqued by the beautiful Zénaïde and her perilous situation leads him to navigate the dangerous political landscape of Russia in search of justice and love, while ominous foreshadowing hints at the darker forces at play within the Kremlin. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/onredstaircase00tayliala/mode/2up 20220130153807taylor 1896 us Reading ease score: 77.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Historical fiction Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725 -- Fiction Russia -- History -- Sofia Alekseevna, 1682-1689 -- Fiction PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 465978 2025-06-28T04:43:50.088996 text/html 464484 2023-04-08T01:36:08 text/html 447803 2025-06-28T04:43:56.671958 application/epub+zip 444421 2025-06-28T04:43:51.163951 application/epub+zip 278947 2025-06-28T04:43:50.617987 application/epub+zip 551102 2025-06-28T04:44:00.813945 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 508765 2025-06-28T04:43:56.142979 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 416600 2025-06-28T04:43:49.234994 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 416378 2023-04-08T01:36:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18623 2025-06-28T04:44:01.014900 application/rdf+xml 18415 2025-06-28T04:43:50.751962 image/jpeg 2812 2025-06-28T04:43:50.684981 image/jpeg 153268 2023-04-08T01:36:09 application/octet-stream application/zip 366650 2023-04-08T01:36:09 application/octet-stream application/zip 369071 2025-06-28T04:43:50.128993 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog