 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MuThe Fate of a Crown, Baum akanyora nhoroondo yechiitiko inosanganisa zvinhu zvokuronga zvematongerwe enyika, melodrama, uye nhau yakavanzika. Akaisa bhuku racho muBrazil muna 1889, munguva yeshandukoizvo zvakaunza Umambo hweBrazil kumugumo wahwo. Baum akasarudza nzira yakashinga zvikuru yokubatanidza vanhu vakakurumbira vomunguva yacho, Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, Floriano Peixoto, uye kunyange Mambo Pedro II, savanyori munhau dzake. Ichi chingave chakanga chiri chikonzero chakanaka chokuwedzera chokubudisa bhuku racho pasi pezita rokunyora. 