ZoyaTHE WORLD'S FAVOURITE AUTHOR ONE BILLION COPIES SOLD One woman's odyssey through a century of turmoil . . . St Petersburg: one famous night of violence in the October Revolution ends the lavish life of the Romanov court forever shattering the dreams of young Countess Zoya Ossupov. Paris: under the shadow of the Great War, migrs struggle for survival as taxi drivers, seamstresses and ballet dancers. Zoya flees there in poverty and leaves in glory.