In a remote Italian valley of moors, mountains and ruined temples, the river Edera sustains a poor peasant community and its devoted priest, Don Silverio. When a company arrives to divert the waters for industry, a young man of the valley and a proud peasant woman find themselves at the centre of a fight between a timeless way of life and modern profit.
One of Ouida’s late novels, an impassioned early protest on behalf of land, water and the rural poor. Download the free EPUB.