Roger A. Smith
Author: Rian Krieger’s Journey, A Historical Saga in Nine Parts
BA, MAT, Colgate University
Teacher of History, Entrepreneur
One Class at 1:30 – 3:00 on March 19
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The Tsar’s Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, was built on a grand scale to awe visiting dignitaries. Housing the Tsar, his family, more than 3,000 nobles, bureaucrats, servants, and guards, it could have been called the greatest home court advantage of the early nineteenth century. It burned to the ground in December 1837. Roger will place the creation of St. Petersburg in historical perspective and describe in detail the fiery end to the Winter Palace … and its phoenix-like resurrection. The burning of the Tsar’s Winter Palace is the climactic scene in The Coachman, which is Book 2, of Roger Smith’s 9-book series of historical novels, Rian Krieger’s Journey.
