Dark Flame Author:Mary Williams 1813: the destiny of a family is set by the sale of a willful, green-eyed girl to the highest bidder. — Her unhappy fate heralds a story more turbulent than she could ever have imagined, as generation after generation of her proud family struggles with the secrets of its dark, mysterious past. Scatters from the wilds of Cornwall to the high life ... more »of London, Boston and Paris, each pursues a separate dream, while, beneath the drama and the intrigue, the bold, unquenchable Pencorrin family spirit burns ceaselessly on.
Until, after the turmoil of the Great War, a patient daughter returns at last to take up her Cornish heritage ...« less