In a captivating biographical novel, Monika Czernin follows in the footsteps of her extraordinary great-aunt and at the same time describes the dramatic events of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries with immense suggestiveness and historical accuracy. Nora Kinská, born in 1888, grew up in Bohemia and was brought up entirely in the spirit of the traditions of the high aristocracy. The family expected Nora to accept her proper place in society, but the young lady developed according to her own ideas. In the middle of the First World War, Nora set out on a journey to Siberia to help prisoners of war as a Red Cross nurse. The stay, which was originally planned for several months, became a long-term experience full of illness, hunger, cold and terror, but also a path to a new life...