Published under the pen name Foxcroft Davis, this society romance follows a Washington season of embassy dinners, cabinet wives, visiting Englishmen and marriageable daughters. Sir Percy, a British diplomat, is charmed by a quick, soft glance, while Lucy Armytage and Eleanor learn what the capital’s whirl of ambition and gossip demands of women who would rise in it.
A knowing picture of Edwardian Washington by a Virginia novelist who moved in its circles. Download the free EPUB.