The story of a highly ambitious young politician who is offered a pocket borough in Galway. Determined not to remain in Ireland, although he has a secret fiancee there, he at once goes to London where his charm and social success lead on to greater things, until his equally swift downfall.
"Anthony Trollope (1815-82) became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of Trollope's best-loved works revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire, but he also wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and
conflicts of his day."
