En menos de una semana, Brigitte Nicholson se queda sin novio,sin trabajo y sin ganas de seguir con el libro que esta escribiendo.Angustiada ante un futuro incierto, se traslada a Nueva York paraestar con su madre y accede a ayudarla en la reconstruccion dela genealogica familiar. Entonces Brigitte descubrira que por susvenas corre sangre india, ya que es descendiente de la marquesa deMargerac, cuyo nombre era Wachiwi, y que yace enterrada en laBretaą.Cuando...

An imaginative retelling of Catherine the Great's improbable rise to power--as seen through the ever-watchful eyes of an all-but-invisible servant close to the throne.

A tale inspired by the life of Henry VIII's sixth wife follows her reluctant marriage to the egotistical and powerful king in spite of her love for Thomas Seymour, a situation that compels her to make careful choices in a treacherous court.

""A graceful, lucid translation of the world's first, and one of its greatest, novels."--Alan Tansman, University of California, Berkeley. Murasaki Shikibu, born into the middle ranks of the aristocracy during the Heian Period (794-1185 CE), wrote The Tale of Genji--widely considered the world's first novel--during the early years of the eleventh century. Expansive, compelling, and sophisticated in its representation of ethical concerns and aesthetic...