
The second visitor is a beautiful widow from Venice in deepest mourning. James Avery has everything to offer, including the favour of the newly restored King Charles II, and he believes that the warehouse's poor owner Alinor has the one thing his money cannot buy-his son and heir. The first is a wealthy man hoping to find the lover he deserted twenty-one years before. Two unexpected visitors arrive at a shabby warehouse on the south side of the River Thames. #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory’s new historical novel tracks the rise of the Tidelands family in London, Venice, and New England.



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