Nečista krv is a profound social chronicle of its author's hometown, which has evolved into a deeply personal and psychologically grounded novel. Despite this evolution, it retains the essential elements of a societal novel.

Sophka, an extraordinary beauty, along with other characters like her powerful father-in-law, Gazda Marko, are illuminated from within, explored with psychological, or even psychoanalytical, depth. Their actions are driven by sociological realities: the history of two families from different social strata, the clash between the old and the new, between the old wealthy class, known as čorbadžija, who disguise their ruthless struggle for self-preservation with gentlemanly behavior, and the new wealthy, often peasants descending into the city, bringing with them fresh blood, untapped energy, and a destructive aggressiveness.

The Proud Tower offers a vivid portrait of the world in the years leading up to World War I, a time marked by rapid and unprecedented change.

During this fateful quarter century, a privileged few basked in Olympian luxury, while the underclass was heaving in its pain, power, and hate.

Barbara W. Tuchman brings the era to life, depicting the decline of the Edwardian aristocracy, the rise of Anarchists in Europe and America, and Germany's self-depicted hero, Richard Strauss.

The narrative explores Diaghilev’s Russian ballet, Stravinsky’s music, and the infamous Dreyfus Affair. It delves into the Peace Conferences in The Hague and the enthusiasm and tragedy of Socialism, epitomized by the assassination of Jean Jaurès on the eve of the Great War.

This work is part of Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series, alongside The Guns of August and The Zimmermann Telegram.

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is an unflinching and deeply sympathetic portrait of a woman destroyed by self and circumstance. First published in 1955, it marked Brian Moore as a major figure in English literature and established him as an astute chronicler of the human soul.

Judith Hearne is an unmarried woman of a certain age who has come down in society. She has few skills and is full of the prejudices and pieties of her genteel Belfast upbringing. But Judith has a secret life. And she is just one heartbreak away from revealing it to the world.