It began on the exact moment of a November afternoon in 1801 when young Dr. Humphrey Shadbolt chanced to look into the soft blue eyes of another passenger, seated near him in the coach from Cambridge. Her name was Letitia Rowan, traveling to join her aunt, the proprietress of a notorious coffee house in Bury St. Edmunds. With that glance love came to Dr. Shadbolt. With love came a determination to save Letty from hazards which, it seemed, she was too innocent even to recognize. And with that nobel determination came the act which diverted Dr. Shadbolt's career from medicine to more lucrative, clandestine, and dangerous pursuits. Subtle suspense,swift drama, and rousing adventure Miss Lofts has combined in a sophisticated novel which proves once more that she is, as the New York Times has said, "a top-notch teller of stories."
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I read this so many decades ago I can hardly remember the story line. I do remember it as a rather strange story - a love tragedy. It starts out with mythical gods toying with humans - to sacrifice some poor soul on the alter of love. And then the earthly story unfolds.I can't even remember much on the details of the story, except that overall it was very memorable, and I was very engrossed in it - promising myself that such a cruel fate would never befall me. And never realizing that my own life would have its own strange twists on love gone awry. The story is the epic we all sooner or later encounter - that despite our very best efforts and intentions, we have but very small influence in our own destiny when it comes to matters of love.
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