There are five stories in this collection, all with historical settings. They describe moments in the lives of individuals, such as the last days and death of Mozart or an account of the events leading up to Lorenzo da Ponte's first failure as Salier...
An intertwining of two narratives follows three hundred of the most talented women in a kingdom in Northern France as they bring to life their queen's vision of what will become of the famous Bayeux tapestry....
Haakon's mother lives entirely for her Bergen lakeside garden. When Haakon pays his annual visit home to his mother, the garden is being tended not only by the elderly widow but also by her new young acolyte, Felice. From this new alliance of botanic...
Alphonse Courrier possesses all the might reasonably make a man content: a prosperous ironmonger's business and a position of respect in his Auvergne village, a dutiful, coolly beautiful wife who runs an irreproachable household, two healthy sons, an...