Zoya (novel)

Zoya

Author	Danielle Steel
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Romance novel
Publisher	Delacorte Press
Publication date	1987
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN	9780385296496
OCLC	695587179
Preceded by	Kaleidoscope
Followed by	Star

Zoya is a 1987 romance novel by Danielle Steel. It is Steel's 24th novel.

Plot

Zoya Konstantinovna Ossupov is a Russian countess, a young cousin to Czar Nicholas II. Escaping the Russian Revolution with her grandmother and a loyal retainer, she arrives in Paris, penniless, where she must carve a new life for herself and her loved ones. There, she joins Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Against the wishes of her grandmother, who objects to consorting with those outside her class, she meets and falls in love with American GI Clayton Andrews. After World War I, they marry and move to America, where Zoya faces many hardships and joy in her life. She struggles through the Great Depression and World War II, then meets and falls for millionaire cloth merchant, Simon Hirsch, who later died in another war. The novel depicts the Czar and his family, not just as figures in history, but as real people with feelings, trials, triumphs, sorrows and pain.

Film adaption

In the TV movie version, Zoya is portrayed by Melissa Gilbert-Boxleitner. Her husband Clayton Andrews is portrayed by her real life former husband Bruce Boxleitner.^[1]

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