Product Description: Once upon a time in Russia, Nicolas Cheremeteff was the richest man in the land. He owned castles and lands and 200,000 souls. But more than all his gold and wealth, he loved. . .music.The Pearl is the true-life Cinderella story of a love affair that broke all social conventions: the romance of wealthy Russian nobleman Nicolas Cheremeteff and a serf named Praskovia, a girl with a miraculous singing voice and kind heart...read more