Esta serie narra el viaje de una joven que desafía las convenciones para convertirse en una de las primeras abogadas del país. Ambientada tras la Primera Guerra Mundial, la narrativa profundiza en el duelo personal, las complejas dinámicas familiares y la lucha por la autodeterminación. Los lectores la seguirán mientras navega por las expectativas sociales y se enfrenta a las sombras persistentes del pasado. Es una exploración cautivadora de la resiliencia, la ambición y la búsqueda de sentido en un mundo en rápida transformación.
Evelyn is a young woman who has defied convention to become one of the country's first female lawyers. Living at home with her mother, aunt and grandmother, Evelyn is still haunted by the death of her younger brother James in the First World War.
The page-turning sequel to THE CRIMSON ROOMS by the author of bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club pick, THE ROSE OF SEBASTOPOL. London, 1926. Evie Gifford, one of the first female lawyers in Britain, is not a woman who lets convention get in her way. She has left her family home following a devastating love affair, much to her mother's disapproval. London is tense in the days leading up to the General Strike and Evelyn throws herself into two very different cases - one involving a family with links to the unions and the other a rich man who claims not to be the father of his wife's child. Evie is confronting the hardest challenge of her career when she is faced with an unexpected proposal - just as her former lover returns. How can she possibly choose between security with a man she admires and passion for the man who betrayed her?