Told from numerous and at times oblique perspectives, while using various literary forms and styles, this unusual family saga begins with the forbidden love of a manor tutor and lunatic scullery maid. The illegitimate line begun by PEter Montgolfier and Theresa Seyfert is, from beginning to end, beset by hardship, scandal, and shame. Spanning centuries and continents, the story jumps generationally if erratically down the family tree, beginning in theeighteenth century in the Kingdom of Hungary with PEter and Theresa and ending more than two centuries later in a futuristic L.A....
Told from numerous and at times oblique perspectives, while using various literary forms and styles, this unusual family saga begins with the forbi...
