The Tontine Author:Thomas B Costan End of the Battle of Waterloo. Very descriptive in the lives of the people and the dingy squares, the inns, the coaching yards and railway stations, greenrooms and courts and jails of a colorful century. Characters include princesses, millionaires, actresses, sailors, planters and portrait painters. The action centers in London and in the gre... more »en country under the hill where the White Horse stands but it also wanders far afield to America, Jamaica, Bermuda. It is filled with romance of the men and women along with the romance of the fast changing civilization and the building of a huge trade empire. It carries along the suspense of the tontine as the years go by until finally there are but three survivors in this fascinating human lottery. Then there are two. Then at last - one.« less