Author: Belinda Alexandra
Title: Sapphire Skies
Description: HarperCollins 2014 Paperback, 414pp. "A love greater than war. A beautiful woman lost. A mystery unsolved? until now. 2000: The wreckage of a downed WWII fighter plane is discovered in a forest near Russia?s Ukrainian border. The aircraft belonged to Natalya Azarova, ace pilot and pin-up girl for Soviet propaganda, but the question of her fate remains unanswered. Was she a German spy who faked her own death, as the Kremlin claims? Her lover, Valentin Orlov, now a highly decorated general, refuses to believe it. Lily, a young Australian woman, has moved to Moscow to escape from tragedy. She becomes fascinated by the story of Natalya, and when she meets an elderly woman who claims to know the truth behind the rumours, Lily is drawn deeper into the mystery. Set amid the pomp and purges of Stalin?s Russia and the horrors of war and beyond, this sweeping saga is a story of secrets and lies, enduring love and terrible betrayal, sacrifice and redemption. ", (ISBN: 9780732291976). Good.

Keywords: "Australian, Fiction"9780732291976 9780732291976


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