Her depiction of Romania led to Fortunes of War being restricted as seditious writing under Romania's Communist government.
I started reading, beginning with gold-rush history, which led me to the nature of wealth, which led me to confidence tricks and scams, which led me to fortune telling, which led me to the stars.
Massa hopes a restructure and recruitment programme under new technical director Pat Symonds - who has won championships with Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso at Benetton/Renault - will lead to improved fortunes next season, when new engine and chassis rules ensure all teams start again almost from scratch.
But it may lead to greater fortunes.
Let's hope he knows his Shakespeare: "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune......
In urging President Bush to use his Afghanistan momentum to press on to Iraq, I turned to an exhortation by Shakespeare: "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune......
Shakespeare admits no such ambiguity in Brutus's speech to Cassius in Julius Caesar: "There is a tide in the affairs of men/ Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune…" A single, specific tide, note.
Playing Brutus I got to say things like: "There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries".
But on the basis of a pretty unambiguous denial this week, Mr Miliband seems determined to disappoint his fans.If, as Shakespeare suggested, there is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood leads on to fortune, Mr Miliband seems content to miss it this time round.
Lee takes his title from the moment in "Julius Caesar" when Brutus urges Cassius to act while the going is good: There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
