Travail and Triumph

Love this Novel series! I purchased this set for my mother's birthday, she is an avid reader and expects high quality writing. She loved them; her friends loved them and so do I! Full of historical informations, but not to the detriment of a great story!

Immediately after finishing the second book I picked up the third one and began reading. This book is probably the most suspenseful I have read in the series so far. After all the good that has come to the Federcenko family with the marriage of their only daughter and a baby on the way there is much to rejoice in for the Federcenkos and Remizovs. But their happiness doesn't last long. Dmitri Remizov goes back to his old ways of drinking with his buddies and the much hated Basil Anickin escapes from the mental institution to seek revenge against the woman who broke his heart and her family. Sergei's book angers the tsar and he is sent to fight in another war but Sergei is still scarred from the previous war and his mind has become a volcano just waiting to errupt. Meanwhile, the members of The People's Will are one by one being captured or hung after they killed the tsar. Caught in the midst of it all, Paul Burenin(aka Pavlikov) is trying to survive in the harsh city without a mentor to help him. Everyone that Anna loves is caught in the middle of a world of fear, pain, and suffering but will they overcome these hardships or fall into a world full of despair? Another great book in the series that shouldn't be missed!

Travail and Triumph is the non-stop, action-packed sequel to A House Divided. Anna's beloved mistress Katrina has finally found the love of her life... now she and her new husband are expecting a baby. But will the little one be born into a home of laughter and joy... or to the wrecked ruinage of a once prosperous family?Sergei's long anticipated book brings on unexpected criticism... and tragedy. Can the house of Fedorcenko stand against the overwhelming wave of trouble? Will Anna's faith in God bring her and those she loves to an end of triumph? A must-read for every lover of history and adventure!

Pella and Phillips never seem to disappoint with this series. I recommend all seven books with five stars.

I found this book to be a wonderful continuance of the Russian saga. At first I was upset about Princess Katrina, but it really turns out for the best. Anna and Sergei raise Mariana to have the wonderful blended qualities of them both. Dimitri leaves to find the measure of the man he never would own up to be. And we leave them again, in a humble cottage in Katyk, right where we started.