Illumination of Ursula Flight

Born on the night of an ill-auguring comet just before Charles II's Restoration, Ursula Flight has a difficult future written in the stars.

Against the custom of the age she begins an education with her father, who fosters in her a love of reading, writing and astrology.

Following a surprise meeting with an actress, Ursula yearns for the theatre and thus begins her quest to become a playwright despite scoundrels, bounders, bad luck and heartbreak.

Nascuta in noaptea unei comete prost auguroase chiar inainte de restaurarea lui Carol al II-lea, Ursula Flight are un viitor dificil scris in stele. Contra obiceiul epocii incepe o educatie cu tatal ei, care sustine in ea dragostea pentru lectura, scris si astrologie. Dupa o intalnire surpriza cu o actrita, Ursula tanjeste dupa teatru si incepe astfel cautarea ei de a deveni dramaturg, in ciuda ticalosilor, limitelor, ghinionului si durerilor de inima.