Princess Daisy is a novel about the fate of Marguerite Valensky, daughter of Russian Prince Stash Valensky and American film star Francesca Vernon. The novel manages to reconcile the spirit of former Europe and its nobles with modern values.
The novel is a fictionalized biography of Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu Hsi), the last real ruler of China. The work follows her rise from a third-rate concubine in the Forbidden City to de facto ruler of the Qing Dynasty Chinese Empire.
The book Flower by Henry Miller is based on a selection from the best and most attractive works of this writer, following the chronological sequence in Miller's writing, giving Miller's most artistically mature pages.