Last updated Aug 6, 2000
The Glory Years
Historic Fiction
Anna Maria Szilard exists in the world of the dying Austro-Hungarian Empire. She must choose between breaking an aristocratic code and the man she loves. Margaret, her daughter, flees a terrible forced marriage, to find freedom in Manhattan. Margaret , the third in this line of indomitable women becomes a fashion designer and moves to Hollywood where reality, ambition, and dreams mingle. This is a saga that moves from Europe to America. It is a tale of the mores and morals of a time past, and it is a study in good and evil as each generation seeks to leave the past and find love and hope in the future of a new world.