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When Lydia Brant, a young widow, agrees to serve as companion to the willful Ann Taverel, she enters a world of intrigue and romance. Ann resolves to travel to Cairo to confront the mother who abandoned her years earlier. The pair find themselves surrounded by society’s hidden dramas: a mother who spends hours alone, and her young husband Gerald, who delights in wild parties, drink, and mistresses. Lydia, outraged by Gerald’s excesses, vows to protect Ann from his influence. Yet the more she learns about Gerald, the more she recognizes a dangerous and surprising path that might lead to unexpected love. The novel explores themes of loyalty, discovery, and the complexities of relationships in a shifting social landscape.
First publish date: November 1911
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Barbara Cartland
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