The last of the Chronicles, this novel takes the reader from Judith's 100th birthday party, through the turmoil and terror of the Boer War to the disillusionment of the 1930s. Vanessa's father dies in tragic circumstances and a distance...

An impetuous character, Judith Paris arouses feelings of both tenderness and despair in those around her and excites the passions of two very different men: the sturdy, affectionate Reuben, her half-cousin; and Georges, a Frenchman,...