Eva Stachniak Books in Order

After her husband dies, Polish immigrant Anna discovers he maintained a secret affair throughout their marriage. Returning to a transformed Europe, she confronts his lover and reexamines her own past, uncovering how private betrayals intersect with national history.

Dying countess Sophie Glavani looks back on her rise from a disgraced young woman to a figure who captivated European society. Survival, seduction and ambition shape her passage through turbulent times and the lives she leaves behind.

At the Russian court, young servant Barbara becomes a spy while German duchess Sophie begins the journey toward becoming Catherine the Great. Their intertwined fortunes depend on secrets, ambition and shifting loyalties within a dangerous royal household.

A young woman recruited for Louis XV’s secret pleasure house gives birth to a daughter whose origins are concealed. Years later, that daughter becomes a midwife, while family revelations and revolution threaten the life she has built.

Catherine the Great looks back on her rise to power and the choices that shaped her rule. Court intrigue, imperial ambition and her relationship with Grigory Potemkin reveal the tension between personal longing and command of Russia.