Heart of Iron

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In a Russia where the Decembrists rebellion was successful and the Trans Siberian railroad was completed before 1854, Sasha Trubetskaya wants nothing than to have a decent debut ball in St Petersburg But her aunt s feud with the emperor lands Sasha at university, where she becomes one of its first female students an experiment, she suspects, designed to prove female unsuitability for such pursuits than offer them education The pressure intensifies when Sasha s only friends Chinese students start disappearing, and she begins to realize that her new British companion, Jack, has bigger secrets than she can imagine Sasha and Jack find themselves trying to stop a war brewing between the three empires The only place they can turn to for help is the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace, newly founded by the Taiping rebels Pursued by the terrifying Dame Florence Nightingale of the British Secret Service, Sasha and Jack escape across Siberia via train to China Sasha discovers that Jack is not quite the person she thought he wasbut then again, neither is she. Read Heart of Iron – kino-fada.fr September 2011Marya Morevna was just a young girl in St Petersburg when a bird outside her window fell from a tree, turned into a soldier of the Tsar, and married her oldest sister That was her first glimpse of the magic of Russia, but by the time her third sister had been married off to a third bird turned soldier, the face of the world had changed, and the magic with it the soldier bird was in the Red Army, and the eleven other families who lived communally in her great house had all brou September 2011Marya Morevna was just a young girl in St Petersburg when a bird outside her window fell from a tree, turned into a soldier of the Tsar, and married her oldest sister That was her first glimpse of the magic of Russia, but by the time her third sister had been married off to a third bird turned soldier, the face of the world had changed, and the magic with it the soldier bird was in the Red Army, and the eleven other families who lived communally in her great house had ...Ekaterina Sedia is an amazing writer I absolutely fell in love with her style after reading The Alchemy of Stone, and I was expecting Heart of Iron to be the same Sadly, it wasn t I mean writing wise it was pretty good, Sedia does have some mad writing skills, but the story wasn t really my cup I also liked the characters, especially Sasha and Jack, who made a great team imho The rest of them didn t really impress me much, but they were still cleverly built Yeah I m absolutely out of id Ekaterina Sedia is an amazing writer I absolutely fell in love w...I don t know what it is about Sedia s books I like them enough to keep reading them when they cross my plate, but not enough to seek them out She s never irritated me enough to want to say that I m done, but there just always seem to be a little bit missing It s like they re this close to being great, but end up se...This book sounded SO GOOD I really really wanted to love it It had steampunk elements, romantic elements, a mystery, and a cool alternate historical setting The writing was strong However, I couldn t connect with the main protagonist In fact, I started to dislike her and think she had it too easy with everyone helping her on her mission I hoped eventually she d learn to stand on her own and realize just how lucky she d been, buterno the ending was disappointing and rather unbelievabl This book sounded SO GOOD I really really wanted to love it It had steampunk elements, romantic elements, a mystery, and a cool alternate historical setting The writing was strong However, I couldn t connect with the main protagonist In ...If there s no other genre I love, it s alternate history steampunk Why It lets us dream about what could have been had we chosen another path And one of the most recent masters of alt history lit is Ekaterina Sedia, who I ve been hearing nothing but good things about Her newest book, Heart of Iron does not disappoint, and if you like historical fiction and or sci fi, you should definitely give it a read.One thing that Sedia does well to put it lightly is immersing her readers in the scen If there s no other genre I love, it s alternate history steampunk Why It lets us dream about what could have been had we chosen another path And one of the most recent masters of alt history lit is Ekaterina Sedia, who I ve been hearing nothing but good things about Her newest book, Heart of Iron does not disappoint, and if you like historical fiction and or sci fi, you should definitely give it a read.One thing that Sedia does well to put it lightly is immersing her readers in the scene and characters I ve never been to Europe, much less Eurasia Russia, yet I felt as if I were right there with Sasha, Jack, and the rest Her prose is lush and gorgeous, and so comfortable that it s like one of those old couches that you...This novel tries to mix steampunk action with realism about race, gender, etc in the 19th century and it fails at that, being in fact a YA adventure with an enchanting heroine, but action without tension or danger in pulp mode, while said realism about women in the 19th century society and to a lesser extent about races is very simplistic and soom essentially forgotten in the quest if our heroine to make everyone happy, the world a better place and the baddies repent,Very fairytale and the l This novel tries to mix steampunk action with realism about race, gender, etc in the 19th century and it fails at that, being in fact a YA adventure with an enchanting heroine, but action without tension or danger in pulp mode, while said realism about women in the 19th century society and to a lesser extent about races is very simplistic and soom essentially forgotten in the quest if our heroine to make everyone happy, the world a better place and the baddies repent,Very fairytale and the last half is pretty boring since despite that supposedly things happen at an accelerating pace, there is...Summary Heart Of Iron is a story about a Russian girl who traveled across the continent to seek an alliance against an emerging empire.Good book s only strength is in the narrator s voice nice book cover artBad too much ideas but little exploration Florence Nightingale isn t threatening enoughThe book presents so many ideas politics, religions, races, genders, historical events, that they become too cumbersome for me, and yet still come up short I also wish it hassci fi to it since Summary Heart Of Iron is a story about a Russian girl who traveled across the continent to seek an alliance against an emerging empire.Good book s only strength is in the narrator s voice nice book cover artBad too much ideas but little exploration Florence Nightingale isn t threatening enoughThe book presents so many ...With the exception of Lavie Tidhar, I have thus far only read steampunk novels from countries which were at one time or another part of the British Empire, most are still part of the Commonwealth So, I was rather interested in Hearts of Iron, since Ekatarina Sedia is from what used to be the Russian Empire The Russian Empire under the Czars also forms the backdrop of the story.Heart of Iron CoverHeart of Iron is a very different reading experience to any of the other steampunk novels I have re With the exception of Lavie Tidhar, I have thus far only read steampunk novels from countries which were at one time or another part of the British Empire, most are still part of the Commonwealth So, I was rather interested in Hearts of Iron, since Ekatarina Sedia is from what used to be the Russian Empire The Russian Empire under the Czars also forms the backdrop of the story.Heart of Iron CoverHeart of Iron is a very different reading experience to any of the other steampunk novels I have read so far For one, it is far less fantastic, it is rather low tech steampunk The protagonists are with one notable exception are all regular people, all accidental heroes.The central character and narrator, Alexandra Sasha Trubetskaya, is a young girl of minor noble background forced to fight several personal wars First, due to intervention by her aunt, she is admitted to university, as a member of the first group of women ever to stu...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Finished Heart of Iron by Ekaterina Sedia.After readin The Secret History of Moscow, and The Alchemy of Stone, I thought that Sedia was one of those authors who reliably publish highly imaginative and interesting novels Unfortunately, it turns out I was wrong, as this one is very disappointing.The heroine, Sasha, is a terrible Mary Sue, to whom the most unlikely and nice things happen on her dangerous, solitary journey to China Everytime she gets a bit stuck, immediately there s a bunch of Chi Finished Heart of Iron by Ekaterina Sedia.After readin The Secret History of Moscow, and The Alchemy of Stone, I thought that Sedia was one of those authors who reliably publish highly imaginative and interesting novels Unfortunately, it turns out I was wrong, as this one is very disappointing.The heroine, Sasha, is a terrible Mary Sue, to whom the most unlikely and nice things happen on her dangerous, solitary journey to China Everytime she gets a bit stuck, immediately there s a bunch of Chinese kung fu artists, convenient rough but hearty hussars, her aunt, or Jack around Through all her adventures, she s still arch conservative, and despite everything sees women in general, her servants, and the Chinese as second rate humans, and still has unquestioning faith in the Czar and Christianity There s just far too litt...This is the fourth book I ve read by Ekaterina Sedia, and it s the most fast paced It s steampunk, set in an alternative 1800 s Russia, and it borrows from the penny dreadful style one of the characters reads avidly.The story follows Alexandra Sasha Trubetskaya, whose aunt shames the emperor into letting women into the university at St Petersburg Sasha meets a great cross section of Victorian society there, including the English spy Florence Nightingale, Spring...

Heart of Iron
  • English
  • 05 November 2018
  • Paperback
  • 311 pages
  • 160701257X
  • Ekaterina Sedia
  • Heart of Iron