En el verano de 1831, las calles de Yekaterinoslav, en Rusia, amanecen atestadas de cadáveres. El cólera y la peste se ceban en los humildes y amenazan a la nobleza. Helena Petrovna von Hahn, hija de un coronel y una aristócrata,...
The fateful passions and chequered fortunes of a rich, landed family, the Castallacks, and their illegitimate parish brothers, are recreated with the clash of character characteristic of the author's other novels which include "Cashelmara" and "Sins...