The fourth & final volume of the Herries Chronicles described as incomparably the best in The Daily Telegraph is a love story of effortless brilliance (Observer) which starts with the triumph of Judith Pariss hundredth birthday in the 1870s & then moves to the tragic disillusionment of the late 19th & early 20th centuries. Set predominantly as before amidst the grandeur of the lake district landscape it tells the passionate & unforgettable story of Vanessa Judiths Granddaughter & her ner-do-well cousin Benjie whom she had sworn in childhood never to betray.