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V1London 1803In the cold weather of London, Alice, a young woman who ran from her past, coincidentally meets her lover. She tells him how she got married in secret on the advice of the marchioness, Lady Fitz-Arthur, to a gentleman superior to her and who died prior to the birth of his son. However, according to Alice, her husband's family would not countenance their union on account of their superiority. Alice wanted her whereabouts to be unknown to the marchioness and to her previous connexions. The marchioness was described by people as always being so proud and overbearing, so haughty towards her inferiors, and so bold and forward towards her equals, that not a servant in the house liked her except Alice. She certainly had the beauty of an angel, but people used to say that she had a devil's heart.Eventually, Mackenzie asks Alice to be his wife so he can be her protector and vows to be a father to her son, Edward.Volume 2Edward was extremely handsome in his person and in his manners, perfectly the gentleman, which gained him the admiration of the Manninghams and Lindsays. Consequently, his extraordinary talents in painting granted him a lot of opportunities to be mixed with people from higher ranks and ultimately meet with the marchioness of Anendale. As Edward entered the gay metropolis of London.Edward's relationships and friendships got more exciting and complicated at the same time, with many friends and acquaintances, both boys and girls.Clara Lindsay, who had contrived to make the house unbearable to everybody within it, finds out about Patty and despises her for being strongly attached to Edward. Sally, Clara's servant, agreed to spy on Patty and Edward and update Clara on their news.Lady Manningham observes the singular mark of a well-defined coronet on Edward's arms when Edward receives important news about his family from America, which forever changed how he lived his life.V3Clara's extravagance was as boundless as her vanity and self-love; and though her mother's health was rapidly declining, and her father's embarrassments as rapidly increasing, Clara still continued as gay and as unfeeling as ever, seldom passing a day at home, unless when company was invited to amuse her.Edward was now advancing towards an age when the feelings glow with romantic ardour; whom will he meet in the ballroom?Edward also comes closer to knowing the mystery surrounding his birth, gets inside the castle of the marchioness with his friend Frederic, and meets with some people who know his parents.V4The full truth about Edward's parents and the marchioness is finally revealed. Who was the tender lover whom the marchioness abandoned? Lady Anendale finds Edward's voice to be strongly resembling that of the gentleman to whom she had fancied herself to be attached. What is the secret of this resemblance?Frederic falls in love with the daughter of the marchioness; what would become of his future?

England, 1930sGuy Lawrence's mother, Lady Caroline, had married twice. He was the only child by her first marriage; his brother, Bertie Deverell, the only child by her second. The first was a marriage of convenience with a man many years older than herself, who had worshipped his young wife, and died saddened and half broken-hearted by her coldness and indifference. The second was a marriage of love, with a young handsome cousin who had been known to her long years before.When she was preparing to leave this world, she was very worried about leaving Bertie behind- Bertie, who was more to her than life or lands. Her infatuation seemed almost excusable, for Bertie Deverell was a handsome boy, with the winning manners and bright though unstable nature of his father.On her deathbed, to comfort his mother, Guy promised to take care of Bertie, keep him from evil and danger, and if needed, give his life for that purpose.Guy Lawrence was a man whom other men called cold and hard. He was a man beloved and sought after by women.Things get complicated when both, Guy and Bertie, fall in love with the same woman, Kitty Lorton.What was it like to be an actress in the 1900s?"I want to be an actress. I want to win for myself a position to which I have now no claim. I would conquer with my talent and my beauty, so that I should not need to blush for my low origin; so that men should admire, and women should envy me."Celia Ragoni went against all the world to be the person she wanted to be. Everyone around her, including Guy and Bertie, was infatuated with her beauty. Rumours spread that the latter wants to marry her.Bertie, though trying to appear indifferent, was impatient at the marked neglect Estelle had shown him, and was beginning jealously to fancy that any preference she did accord was to Guy. It hurt his amour propre to think that, spite of all his homage, spite of all the claim he felt he had upon her love, he was so easily distanced by his brother, a comparative stranger to her, as he thought.When Bertie puts himself into reckless situations, Guy felt that could he have given his life to secure his brother's safety, he would have yielded it up without a regret- ay, with a feeling of relief. This time, Guy believed that he should save Bertie from his love for Celia.Was Guy Laurence happy about his life after dedicating it to his brother?