Ruth Lodge

A London solicitor and a French detective investigate the mysterious death of an elderly woman suspected of being poisoned.

Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.

Une jeune fille traverse le traumatisme du divorce de ses parents et des remariages séparés.

Au XVIème siècle, le corsaire Francis Drake est envoyé sur les mers par la Reine Elizabeth 1ère pour chasser les galions et navires espagnols.