The Summer Palace

Set in seventeenth-century Russia, this story follows the spirited Katia, daughter of a noble family, who longs for the freedom to ride and experience life beyond her restrictive surroundings. Her secret interactions with the darkly intriguing German stable boy, Wiley, spark a forbidden romance amid a society that views women as commodities. As obstacles and separations arise, their relationship faces the enduring challenges of love in a rigid, patriarchal world.