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The novel is based on true events recounted to the author by Barbara H., with the circumstances and names changed to protect her identity. The story is simply written, yet deeply moving, exploring themes of love, loss, and courage.
The Death of Virgil (1945) is Hermann Broch's most famous work. The novel follows the final days of the Roman poet Publius Virgilius Marus, who, gravely ill, travels from Athens to Brundisium, arriving on the birthday of Emperor Augustus in 19 AD.
The main character, Rosa Ahmetovna, is an extremely self-centered, intrusive, tactless, sly and cunning narrator in this family saga by the author of the acclaimed novel "Scherbenpark" Alina Bronsky.
Queen of Scotland at the age of six, in 1542, then Queen of France at the age of seventeen through her marriage to Francis II., Maria Stuart is one of the most romantic characters in history.