This Side of Innocence Author:Taylor Caldwell In this novel of conflicting wills and unbridled passions, Taylor Caldwell proves again her per-eminence as a story- teller. — The scene is the up-state New York town of Riversend. The novel begins in 1868 and concludes almost twenty years later. — It is the story of two vital, strong willed, unscrupulous and passionate people-who met their match ... more »in each other, and whose tempestuous mating smashed the orderly pattern of their families lives and to a degree, that of the community.« less