Dark Flame

by Mary Williams

1813: the destiny of a family is set by the sale of a wilful, green-eyed girl to the highest bidder.
Her unhappy fate heralds a story more turbulent than she could ever have imagined, as generation after generation o her proud family struggles with the secrets of its dark mysterious past. Scattered from the wilds of Cornwall to the high life of London, Boston and Paris, each pursues a separate dream, while, beneath the drama and the intrigue, the bold, unquenchable Pencorrin family spirit burns ceaselessly on.
Until, after the turmoil of the Great War, a patient daughter returns at last to take up her Cornish heritage...

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

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