Dimensions
161 x 32 x 241mm
A powerful Victorian epic with all the passion and drama of a Greek tragedy.
In British India, Paul Eliot is a wealthy, powerful merchant. In nineteenth-century England, where class is all-important, he takes quick offence at the easy self-assurance of men superior in rank, sensing disdain in every word. In revenge, he determines to seduce the beautiful wife of his well-born host and fellow merchant, Gerard Forston.
Eliot and Eleanor flee to India, ignorant of the tragic, far-reaching consequences of their thoughtless elopement. Mirroring Paris' escape with Helen of Troy, all those connected with the lovers will be affected as their families are torn apart.
