Project Gutenberg 2024-01-29 Public domain in the USA. 146 Taylor, Mary Imlay 1878 1938 Taylor, M. Imlay (Mary Imlay) An imperial lover $aChicago :$bA. C . McClurg & Company, $c1897. D A Alexander, David E. Brown, 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) "An Imperial Lover" by Mary Imlay Taylor is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around the character M. de Brousson, who is tasked with navigating a complex web of court intrigue in early 18th-century Russia, particularly surrounding the czar, Peter the Great. The plot unfolds against a backdrop of personal and political tensions as M. de Brousson attempts to fulfill a diplomatic mission while concurrently observing a budding romance between his secretary, M. de Lambert, and the beautiful Najine Zotof, who finds herself pursued by none other than the czar. At the start of the novel, M. de Brousson reflects on his past visit to Moscow, including his marriage to a Russian woman, Zénaïde Ramodanofsky. In 1703, he returns to Russia, now serving as a marshal and tasked with a delicate diplomatic mission, while also witnessing the social transformations instigated by Peter the Great. He quickly becomes embroiled in a romantic drama involving M. de Lambert, who is in love with Najine, a woman caught between her affections and the czar's intentions, further complicated by the jealous ambitions of the court's factions. M. de Brousson’s engagement in both political and personal realms sets the tone for the intricate conflicts and relationships that drive the narrative forward. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/animperiallover00tayliala/mode/2up 20220201171508taylor 1897 US Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Courts and courtiers -- Fiction Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725 -- Fiction Russia -- History -- Peter I, 1689-1725 -- Fiction French -- Russia -- Fiction PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 568945 2025-07-29T03:33:41.593595 text/html 543485 2024-01-29T12:36:00 text/html 831351 2025-07-29T03:33:50.121559 application/epub+zip 827751 2025-07-29T03:33:43.186604 application/epub+zip 405654 2025-07-29T03:33:42.336569 application/epub+zip 1476607 2025-07-29T03:33:55.072563 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1185837 2025-07-29T03:33:49.250546 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 517495 2025-07-29T03:33:40.352574 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 497619 2024-01-29T12:36:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16487 2025-07-29T03:33:55.223509 application/rdf+xml 19946 2025-07-29T03:33:42.558569 image/jpeg 2393 2025-07-29T03:33:42.448563 image/jpeg 1018408 2025-07-29T03:33:41.654578 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