Look what arrived at my house yesterday -- something good enough to break six months of blog-silence!
To celebrate, I am giving away three signed copies of The Lost Crown. The ones in the lower right corner, to be precise.
Warning:
The Romanovs are addictive. If I've done my job well, you will want to run out and learn more about them the moment you finish The Lost Crown.
To save you some trouble, I am pairing up each free copy of The Lost Crown with a non-fiction companion:
PRIZE PACKAGE #1
The Lost Crown
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by John C. Trewin
PRIZE PACKAGE #2
The Lost Crown
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by Olga Barkovets and Valentina Tenikhina
PRIZE PACKAGE #3
The Lost Crown
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by Mikhail Iroshnikov, Liudmila Protsai & Yuri Shelayev
(Click on the titles for more information about each non-fiction book.)
How do you win one of these nifty prize packages?
On Monday morning at 12:01, 12:02, and 12:03 EST, I will post three separate Romanov trivia quizzes -- one for each prize package. Answer all five questions correctly to have your name entered in a drawing for the featured books.
Each quiz also includes a trick question and a Ridiculous Bonus Challenge. The first person to answer the trick question correctly will earn an extra entry in that quiz's drawing. The first person to answer the Ridiculous Bonus Challenge correctly earns two extra entries in that quiz's drawing. (In other words, if you are the fastest and most accurate, your name could be entered up to four times in each drawing.)
The contest closes at 11:59 pm on Sunday, June 12. Winners will be announced on June 13, and will have one week to contact me privately with a shipping address.
Questions you might have about this giveaway:
- Do I have to pick just one quiz? Nope, you can enter all three if you want to. (You can only win once, though.)
- Can I enter if I'm not a young adult? Yes! I don't care how old you are as long as you're over 13.
- Can I enter if I live outside the United States? I'm sorry, I can only ship to addresses in the USA.
- Darn, I live in Fiji! But wait -- I have a helpful friend in the USA! Will you ship the books to her so she can forward them to me? Yes, that sounds like an excellent loophole.
- Can I enter if my name is on the dedication and/or acknowledgements page of The Lost Crown? Sure!
Any other questions? Please post them in the comments section of this post.
*Please note that none of the non-fiction prizes are brand new. They are all out of print and/or imported from Russia, and are a little bumped or worn around the edges. I promise they will look nice on your shelves and still have all their pages and pictures inside.
