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Píše se rok 1603. Skotský král Jakub VI. dědí anglický trůn po bezdětné sestřenici Alžbětě a stěhuje se z Edinburghu do Londýna. Spolu s ním míří do hlavního města nového spojeného království i George Heriot - klenotník, finančník a rádce mladičké královny Anny.
Nadaný Heriot se jako jeden z nejbohatších mužů koruny musí vyrovnat s intrikami a pomluvami svých nepřátel, ale i s pohrdáním, které vůči Skotům chovají povýšení Angličané. Stává se svědkem nesmiřitelných palácových intrik i nejdůležitějších událostí na...

The first ever biography of the man who made Proust a legend, his celebrated translator, C.K. Scott Moncrieff.
C. K. Scott Moncrieff's celebrated translation of Proust's "A La Recherche du Temps Perdu" was first published in 1922 and was a work which would exhaust and consume the translator, leading to his early death at the age of just forty. Joseph Conrad told him, 'I was more interested and fascinated by your rendering than by Proust's creation': some literary figures even felt it was an improvement on the original.
From the outside an enigma, Scott Moncrieff left a trail of writings...

Sensory scientists are often faced with making business decisions based on the results of complex sensory tests involving a multitude of variables. Multivariate and Probabilistic Analyses of Sensory Science Problems explains the multivariate and probabilistic methods available to sensory scientists involved in product development or maintenance. The techniques discussed address sensory problems such as panel performance, product profiling, and exploration of consumer data, including segmentation and identifying drivers of liking.

Applied in approach and written for...