As I wrote here, The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure came out in the Netherlands in November. It has a different title and a different cover, but it’s the same fascinating story. And the Dutch are loving it. Most recently, the book received a four-star…
Favorite Books of 2020
Boston.com readers picked their favorite books of 2020 and guess what’s on the list? I swear that neither my co-author or I nominated The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure for this list. THANK YOU to whomever did! At the very least, we…
Tsarina Review in All About History
We are thrilled to see this five-star review of The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure in the British magazine, All About History. Want to read the Tsarina review in All About History? Click here and scroll to the last page…
The Sunken Treasures of the Vrouw Maria
The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure is now available in the Netherlands! The Dutch book has a different publisher (Ambo Anthos uitgevers), a different cover AND a different title (and a different audience, so I guess that makes sense). The title is De verzonken…
Madame Gilflurt’s Excerpt from The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure
We have noted the popular fascination with Catherine the Great. While the Russian Empress may be among the trendier rulers from this period, historian Catherine Curzon points out that the Georgian era (1914-1837) was rife with “unique, eccentric and flamboyant monarchs.”…
Tsarina is now Available in the UK
Good news, mates! I know our friends across the pond have been anxiously awaiting the UK release of The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure. Well, the wait is over! Tsarina is now available in the UK! (Just in time for lockdown. You’re welcome.) Order it here…
Tony Wheeler Reviews Tsarina
We are so grateful to Tony Wheeler (co-founder of Lonely Planet) for blurbing The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure and now for reviewing it on his blog, Tony Wheeler’s Travels. “The Vrouw Maria was of no great size, less than 30 metres in length, and of no great…
Tsarina Review on Shelf Awareness
“The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure reads almost like fiction as Easter and Vorhees explore the lives of the many figures involved in the historical shipwreck, as well as the modern oligarchs and academics battling in the courts for the right to…
Tsarina Excerpt in the Daily Beast
An excerpt from The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure appeared in the Daily Beast! “A ghostly shipwreck, a lost masterpiece painting, a lustful tsarina, the news of the Vrouw Maria’s discovery stirred imaginations in the summer of 1999. It also sparked questions, namely:…
Smithsonian Magazine Books to Read
The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure is one of the Smithsonian Magazine Books to Read in September! “By the end of her reign, Catherine the Great had acquired more than 4,000 paintings, 38,000 books, 10,000 engraved gems, 16,000 coins and medals, and 10,000 drawings. But…