{"id":471,"date":"2016-07-19T23:24:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T03:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/?p=471"},"modified":"2016-08-25T21:06:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T01:06:20","slug":"from-russia-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/19\/from-russia-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"From Russia with Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cOne of my ancestors,\u201d Miss Armitage began, \u201cwas an aristocrat in old Czarist Russia. She was very wealthy and owned beautiful things. Much to her family\u2019s dismay, she fell in love with an American and came to this country to marry him. They settled in Cooperstown in a large house with attractive grounds. Later the place burned down.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And so begins the legend that is at the heart of the Nancy Drew Mystery The Secret of Mirror Bay<\/em>. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut long before the fire, the woman had one child \u2014 a beautiful little girl. She brought her daughter up as if she were a princess and even imported a child\u2019s royal coach from Russia. Her own little pony pulled it.\u2026The lovely little girl died very suddenly. Her mother was heartbroken and almost went out of her mind\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cThe particular object which reminded the mother of her beloved daughter was the royal coach. It was painted in gold and white and had birds and flowers carved on it. Madame felt that no one else should use it yet she didn\u2019t want it to be destroyed. Finally she requested that it be put into a waterproof box and lowered into the bay.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Russia? Maybe there\u2019s a clue to the missing coach there! Now, normally, Nancy would hop on a plane and go. But since she doesn\u2019t even consider that option in this book, I decided to take the family and go myself.<\/p>\n

Maybe there\u2019s a clue at one of the imperial palaces.<\/p>\n