TODAY is the day that readers all over Finland finally get their long-awaited copies of The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure. Knowing the Finns, there are probably stampedes at the libraries and brawls in the bookstores. The book has a different publisher (Docendo), a different cover, and a different title (again). It translates as Vrouw Maria and the Lost Treasure of Catherine the Great.
We don’t love the cartoonish cover. (The boat looks nothing like the Vrouw Maria nor does the treasure look anything like the real treasure.) But our book is out in Finland! See or order the Finnish version from Docendo…