Lidmila Sovakova Ordre des livres

A spunky young woman strives to escape from the social customs and cultural restraints that have spanned three political regimes: in a privileged childhood spent in the Czechoslovakian countryside prior to World War II, as a schoolgirl during the Nazi occupation, and as an adolescent and young adult witnessing the diminishing promise of communist rule.

Set in Prague, this is a poignant tale of love, loss, and the search for happiness of a young girl growing up in turbulent times. The sequels are "Like a Bubble in a Glass of Champagne" and "The Sophisticated Lady".

This is a historical puzzle situated in the seventeenth century. Its pieces reconstruct the infatuation of a Poet with a Princess, culminating in the death of a Poet, and the retreat of the Princess within the walls of a monastery.