Mariga's Five Picks to Sweep You Away to Imperial Russia

The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport (St. Martin's Press, $27.99)

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert Massie (Random House, $20.00)

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert Massie (Random House, $20.00)

The Romanov Bride by Robert Alexander (Penguin, $16.00)

The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin (Random House, $15.00)

Mariga Temple-West, September 2014