Natasha Borovsky ( Russian : Наталья Александровна Боровская ) ( August 5 , 1924 – May 31 , 2012 ) was a Russian American poet and novelist . She is the author of two celebrated works of historical fiction spanning the first half of the twentieth century . Borovsky writes about the shattering effect of war on families and the decline of the European aristocracy . Her first novel '' A Daughter of the Nobility '' was translated into ten languages , including Russian and Polish . Her second , '' Lost Heritage '' , is a sequel with new characters , completing a drama that began during the Russian Revolution and ends at the time of the Yalta Conference
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Natasha Borovsky