![]() ![]() I have just been on a thrilling and compelling journey to 1938 Paris with twin sisters Romaine (Romy) and Florence DuChamps in the truly captivating book "The Betrayal". The Russian Concubine contains fictional characters and events, but Kate made use of the extraordinary situation that was her mother's childhood experience - that of two White Russian refugees, a mother and daughter, stuck without money or papers in an International Settlement in China. It was when her mother died in 2000 that Kate decided to write a book inspired by her mother's story. She travelled widely, giving her an insight into how different cultures function which was to prove invaluable when writing The Russian Concubine. Then into advertising where she met her future husband, Norman. Kate went to London University where she studied English and from there she went into publishing, writing material for a series of books on the canals of Britain. These values Kate explores in The Russian Concubine. ![]() Her mother, whose own childhood was spent in Russia, China and India, discovered at an early age that the world around us is so volatile, that the only things of true value are those inside your head and your heart. Kate Furnivall was raised in Penarth, a small seaside town in Wales. ![]()
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