"A moving and thrilling testament to one woman's will to live, but also to her courage and her love"

"A story of dauntless courage and much more"

Major events and prominent personalities of the 20th century seen through Vera's eyes. Her life, loves, trials, tribulations, achievements.

Wife, mother, child prodigy, musician, composer, artist, healer, therapist.

She survived racism, persecution, Bolsheviks, Nazis, hunger and ill-health.

She enjoyed great wealth and endured intense poverty.

She was born to an illustrious family, founded by an 18th century visionary and religious leader, and whose branches were to include Yehudi Menuhin and Isaiah Berlin.

Famous musicians, artists, dancers and writers were known to her - among them were Bakst, Sholem Aleichem, Glazounov, Horowitz, Milstein, Platigorski, and Wanda Landowska.

Through her eyes we see Rasputin, Kerensky, the Russian Revolution and its leaders, inter-war Paris, the Nazi horror, underground life in Vichy, France, post-war Switzerland, illness and caring and a new life with her beloved daughter.

In her 94 years Vera Chesno journeyed from Latvia to Russia and from France to Switzerland, settling finally in England. Her long road of travel saw her through 92 towns and cities in 14 countries.