“Tea is ready, Bernard,” says Laura Clowes, groping her way into the dark hall of Wanhope, an old brick manor wreathed in wistaria under the family motto Fortis et Fidelis. Bernard Clowes lives with a disability the war has left behind, and visitors such as Hyde, Val and Mrs. Bendish bring temptation and suspicion into the marriage.
A quietly intense novel of post-war English country life and divided loyalties. Download the free EPUB.