The Eleventh Yearis a novel ofoverwhelming

passion and dark intrigue, sweeping from

St. Petersburg during the Russian Revolu-

tion to the brothcls of Singapore. from Vas-

sar in 1918 to the glittering Paris of the

twcntics. In the tradition of her best-selling

The Four Winds of Heaven and Encore,

Monique Raphel High s third novel is a talc

of mcn and women consumed by the urge

to live and love, whatever the cost--a novel

set in a brilliant era unparalleled in its

glamor.

Lesley Aymes Richardson, a dazzling

New York socialite, and hcr devoted Vassar

roommate, Jamie Lynne Stcwart, arrive in

the Paris of Gertrude Stein and E Scott Fitz-

gerald. Although initially intcnding to be-

come an artist, Lesley forgocs a career to

marry the aristocratic Alexandrc dc Va-

retake. Jamie is determined to bccome one of

Amcrica s most celebrated writers. For the

sakc of her work she ends her tempestuous

affair with Alcxandre s handsome, unscru-

pulous brother, Panl--despite the fact that

she is unmarried and about to bear his

child.

Then, into the frenzied social whirl of

post-World War 1 Paris sweeps the myste-

rious Russian princess, Elena Egorova. En-

tranced by her exotic beauty, Paul falls under

her spell. She easily seduces him and draws

Paul into her sinister scheme to make a for-

tune.Together they threaten Lcsley with ex-

posure of a terrible secret, a secret that