Noelle Tremaston, daughter of the incomparable Desiree who is the darling of Drury Lane, has grown up amid a flurry of opening nights and elegant parties, basking in the fatherly love of her mother's admirers. When Desiree opens her home to an adoring fan, Lisa Fennell, Noelle's ...
In the excitement of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, fourteen-year-old Caroline Tressidor blurts out a family secret. The reaction is immediate. Her mother disappears and Caroline is banished to a family estate in Cornwall.