White Ice
White Ice by Celia Brayfield is a 1st Edition – 1st Printing published by Penguin in 1994. This novel follows the story of prima ballerina Lydia Kusminskaya, whose beauty once secured her a place in the opulent court of imperial St Petersburg. As she navigates the challenges of her time, Lydia remains unaware of the impending cataclysm that will alter her life forever. The narrative then shifts to London, eighty years later, where Lydia’s legacy entangles a woman and two men in a complex web of desire and ambition.
Readers will find themselves drawn into a tale that explores the intersections of beauty, power, and obsession. The characters—Alexander Wolfe, a glamorous American; Bianca Berrisford, a determined businesswoman; and Lovat Whitburn, her resentful ex-husband—are caught in a struggle that reflects the consequences of their desires. As they grapple with their connections to Lydia and to one another, the story delves into the darker implications of beauty and its price. This edition spans 663 pages and is presented in English, inviting readers to engage with its intricate themes and character dynamics.
Official synopsis Publisher
Prima ballerina Lydia Kusminskaya, whose talents saved her from starvation in imperial St Petersburg, trusted her beauty to secure her place in the gilded cocoon of the court – unaware of the cataclysm about to destroy it, and her hopes.Eighty years later, in London, the legacy of Lydia’s beauty snares a woman and two men in the trap of their own Alexander Wolfe, the desirable American who worships women and glamour; formidable businesswoman Bianca Berrisford, who believes beauty always has its price; and Lovat Whitburn, her bitter ex-husband, for whom beauty, once an ideal, is now a weapon.Now the three are chained to Lydia and each other in a lethal struggle for wealth, love and, above all, power. But the illusion of beauty which betrayed Lydia is lying in wait for them, too . . .’A breathtaking achievement’ “Woman’s Own”‘Ms Brayfield knows what she is doing . . . her women sound and act like real women’ Anthony Burgess in the “Independent”‘A wonderfully written novel about men, women and a burning obsession’ “Me”
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