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While America struggles to define its destiny, beautiful and ambitious Caroline Sanford fights to control her own fate. One of Vidal’s most inspired creations, she is an embodiment of the complex, vigorous young nation. From the back offices of her Washington newspaper, Caroline confronts the two men who threaten to thwart her ambition: William Randolph Hearst and his protégé, Blaise Sanford, Caroline’s half brother.

Islandia, rok 1904. Sigrid, córka hodowcy owiec z Brattholt, sprzeciwia się woli ojca, który zamierza sprzedać wodospad Gullfoss leżący na jego ziemi, a pieniądze rozdzielić między dzieci. W burzliwych wodach Gullfoss zginęła matka Sigrid, polska imigrantka Laura. Samobójstwo czy tragiczny wypadek? Jej śmierć pozostaje zagadką dla jej bliskich i całej wioski… Autorka do Islandii prowadzi nas z popowstaniowej Warszawy roku 1864 przez Kraków i Kopenhagę.

The glorious Phryne Fisher returns to the spotlight in her seventh adventure. Fisher is an independent, unconventional PI with competence, unflappability and flamboyance in equal measures.

Running late to the Hinkler gala performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore, she meets some thugs in a dark alley and handles them convincingly before they can ruin her silver dress. Phryne then finds that she has rescued a gorgeous Chinese, Lin Chung, and his grandmother, and is briefly mistaken for a deity.