Edward Pierson, a widowed London clergyman of saintly temper, takes his daughters to his brother’s house above the Wye in the summer of the First World War. There his younger daughter Noel falls in love with a young soldier on the eve of his departure for France, and the consequences force Pierson to choose between his principles and his child.
A humane study of faith and morality under the strain of war from the author of The Forsyte Saga. Download the free EPUB.