Venetia Herbert grows up at Cherbury with her mother, forbidden even to ask about the father who left them, while the wilful young Lord Cadurcis becomes her playmate and admirer. As both grow up, the mystery of her father and Cadurcis’s fame as a poet draw them into a world shaped by two figures Disraeli modelled on Byron and Shelley.
A romantic novel by the future prime minister, fascinating for its portraits of the Romantic poets. Download the free EPUB.