Erica Raeburn has grown up as the loyal daughter and helper of Luke Raeburn, a fearless freethinking lecturer persecuted for his opinions, a figure widely taken as a portrait of Charles Bradlaugh. When the young doctor Brian Osmond falls in love with her, and she begins to ask why others believe, she must weigh conscience, love and duty to her father.
A thoughtful Victorian novel of faith and doubt that treats its unbeliever with unusual fairness. Download the free EPUB.