"Prime du Maurier. . . . She holds her characters close to reality; the past she creates is valid, and her skill in finessing the time shifts is enough to make one want to try a little of the brew."-"New York Times"
Vypráví o osudu talentované sochařky Zuzany Gaylordové, která se pokouší skloubit cestu umělkyně s rolí matky.S tvrdošíjností sobě vlastní jde tato obětavá žena s hrdým srdcem za svým cílem. Spolu s ní čtenář putuje nejen tichým americkým maloměstem, ale i světem umělecké bohémy Paříže a New Yorku.
Penguin Readers is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders.
From intimacy to bitter quarrels under the eyes of Burlegh, Bacon, Raleigh and other members of Court, Elizabeth I and Essex's story unfolds to its last catastrophe - in which Essex lost his head and Elizabeth her heart.