Twenty-five-year-old Clemency James has moved from Sydney to a chilly bedsit on the other side of the world. During the day she studies for the bar by correspondence; in the evenings she gives French lessons to earn a meagre wage. When she meets Christian, a charismatic would-be actor, she can see h
Daffodils (The Katherine Wheel Book 1)
β Scribed by Alex Martin
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 237 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Daffodils follows the varying fortunes of three people through the
turbulent time of the First World War, as Edwardian Englands rigid
class structures crumble under its weight. Katy is frustrated as a
domestic servant and longs to escape. Jem loves Katy but cannot have
her. Lionel, fresh from working in India, is ambitious, arrogant and
full of radical ideas. War affects them all in very different ways and
each pays a high price for the changes they are forced to make.
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