Táto autorka očarila čitateľov svojim jedinečným hlasom a pútavým rozprávaním. Jej diela sa vyznačujú živým písaním a hlbokým citom, ktorý čitateľov uchváti aj po dočítaní poslednej strany. Jej romány často skúmajú témy straty, zrady a lásky s magickým a očarujúcim nádychom. Čitatelia si jej pôsobivé príbehy, ktoré nabádajú k zamysleniu, obľúbili ako klasiku.
The beating heart of Africa springs into dazzling heat-drenched life. I could taste the sun soaked sweetness of bananas, see the shimmering plains and smell the rippling grasslands. I could feel the ever present sense of threat and menace. And within this landscape populated by elephants, baboons and antelope a powerful human story plays out. A simply stunning novel that will stay with me: a magnificent book. Dinah Jefferies
1880, South Africa - a land torn apart by greed...Frances Irvine, left penniless after her father's sudden death, is forced to emigrate to the Cape. In this barren country, she meets two very different men - one driven by ambition, the other by ideals. When a smallpox outbreak sends her to the diamond mines, she is drawn into a ruthless world of greed and exploitation, of human lives crushed in the scramble for power. But here - at last - she sees her path to happiness. Torn between passion and integrity, she makes a choice that has devastating consequences...