The Pallisers. Volume One, Parts 1 & 2
Part 1. The dull but dutiful Plantagenet Palliser and the spirited Lady Glencora are both thoroughly but unsuitably in love with others when their elders declare them a perfect match. Part 2. Married and off on their wedding tour, the Pallisers meet up with the Vavasor party. With urging from George, Alice questions her engagement to John. Stifled by the boredom of their country estate, Glencora sulks until Plantagenet suggests she invite Alice t...