With her early historical investigations, her literary production, and her active political stance, especially after the profound changes that affected her country in 1989, Vera Mutafchieva is one of the most committed intellectuals of contemporary Bulgaria. She has implemented in practice the idea of the writer's duty to be a leader in the cultural progress of the nation, a role that emerged in the periods that she has vividly represented with her literary talent and knowledge of history. In both her historical novels and her contemporary fiction, Mutafchieva has portrayed women as major and multidimensional characters, and she has delved deeply into the complex social and political issues of gender. She has also engaged in various literary experiments in narrative technique. The strong interest in her historical analyses and literary production is confirmed by the many reprints of her historical monographs, essayistic prose, and novels. Her works have been...