But she has recently married John Diner Tredevant, a property developer who is heavily invested in Bristol's housing boom, and he has everything to lose from social upheaval and the prospect of war. Diner believes that Lizzie's independent, questioning spirit must be coerced and subdued. She belongs to him: law and custom confirm it, and she must live as he wants.
But as Diner's passion for Lizzie darkens, she soon finds herself dangerously alone.

'A blend of beauty and horror evoked with such breathtaking poetry that it haunts me still.' Guardian

'The finest novel Dunmore has written.' Observer

Nominated for the 2018 Independent Booksellers Week Award

Longlisted for the 2018 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.