In 1904 the grand English Gwynne family receives a visit that unsettles Victoria Gwynne and her ambitious son, a young man with political ambitions. His friendship with Isabel Otis, a self-possessed young Californian, draws the story from English country houses and party politics to the very different society of California.
Atherton’s long, intelligent study of English and American character, for readers who like Edith Wharton and Henry James. Download the free EPUB.