What would your family do for a fortune? Two ambitious young men meet through a chance encounter in WW2. In the ensuing peace, when Britain is struggling to restore its commercial status, they amass a fortune, only to destroy themselves and those they love through greed and vanity.
Sylvia Murphy was born in Palestine in 1937, to British parents. In 1939 the family returned to England, where Sylvia grew up and attended school during the WW II years. She was interested in writing from an early age, and continues to write fiction, non-fiction and poetry.