Sent abroad to recover from an unsuitable attachment, young Paul Verdayne meets a mysterious, older lady at a Swiss hotel. For three weeks she educates him in love, art and passion, until she must leave him at Lucerne and return to the dangerous kingdom she rules, leaving him changed for good.
The romance that scandalised Edwardian Britain, prefaced by Glyn’s defence of its meaning to her American readers. Download the free EPUB.