Cette série explore la vie d'une jeune femme naviguant dans les dures réalités du Londres victorien. Elle suit son parcours de la pauvreté et de la dépendance à une improbable découverte artistique. Les récits explorent les thèmes de la beauté, de l'obsession et des disparités de classe, le tout dans un décor historique richement dépeint. Elle offre un aperçu captivant de la lutte d'un individu pour trouver sa place et survivre dans une société difficile.
Set in 19th-century England, this tale introduces a character poised to join the ranks of Dickens's iconic figures, Pip and Oliver Twist. The author skillfully weaves a narrative rich in historical context and character development, offering readers a memorable journey through the complexities of the era.
Sweet but dull - that's how life has always been for Hazel Louise Mull-Dare. With money pouring in from the family's Caribbean sugar plantation, a father who spoils her rotten, and no pressure to excel in anything whatsoever, her future is looking as prim and proper as one of her hats. But on the day of the Epsom Derby - June 4th, 1913 - everything changes. A woman in a dark coat steps out in front of the King's horse, dying days later from her injuries. Who was she and why did she do it? Hazel is determined to find out. But finding out leads her into worse trouble than she could ever have imagined. It leads to banishment. To secrets that have festered, and a shame that lingers on. To madness and misunderstanding in the place where sugar cane grows. Sweet but dull - that's how life used to be for Hazel Louise Mull-Dare. Not any more.