Danielle Steels zoya DVD

Say what you will about Danielle Steel it's true her booksare not high brow works of literature but they are none-the-less entertaining.

The TV adaptations of her books are exactly the same not fantastic Oscar worthymovies but the perfect way to while away an afternoon.

Zoya is one of my favourites as I love the history surrounding the leadcharacter. Ms. Steel certainly goes to a lot of effort to research her booksand it shows.
We follow Zoya a fictional Countess a friend of the Tsar's Children though herlife of privilege in Russian and the subsequent revolution to Parisduring the first world war. We then leave Parisand head to Americafor both the great depression and the second world war and onwards. She losesmany loved ones along the way but the story is essentially of a woman who'sspirit cannot be crushed no matter what life throws at her who is above all a survivor.

My only gripe is that Ms. Steel seems to derive Drama from loss and tragedy.You can't fault her it certainly is dramatic but after a while you do start towish she'd leave her characters alone to be happy for just a little while butinstead she rips something else from them. It does get a little depressingafter a while but there is always a happy ending of some description so shedoes make up for it in the end.