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The fate of the last noblewoman of the Battaglia family. From the bestselling author of Podbrdské ženy.

In a crumbling manor house in Bratronice, South Bohemia, Blanka, the last member of the noble Battaglia family, is living out her final days. The lonely old baroness lacks the strength to care for the building and grounds that have belonged to her family for generations, and so she silently watches their slow decay and ruin. She knows she is the last of her line and has little time left. An unexpected visitor rouses her from her lethargy. Journalism student Klára arrives in Bratronice to write an article about the baroness. Her conversations with Klára prompt Blanka to look back on her past, her once vibrant life – and her fateful love, which left her with nothing but a letter she has never read.