Wallace’s apology explains that he is setting his story not in Renaissance Milan but in a London suburb. There a young duke comes to live among respectable villa-dwellers, falls for Alicia, and finds himself at odds with her father, Sir Harry, who forbids the friendship, while suburban manners, mistaken assumptions and a dash of crime complicate the courtship.
A light early comedy from the author of The Four Just Men, before he became the king of thrillers. Download the free EPUB.