Historical fiction set at the time Greece attains its independence, starting in 1829. The location is mainly the Peloponnese area of Greece, Athens and other areas of mainland Greece and the Ionian with a shift to Cheshire, Manchester and Lake District in England. This is book 2 in a series of 8 thrilling tales set over two centuries from the early 19th century up to the present day and as such is a romantic family saga as the characters develop from Samuel Carr, who as a Philhellene arrived in Greece in 1827, and his Greek descendents. Each book is individual and can be read in any order. Scenes in the series are always topical, climate change, emerging cities or modern cities of culture, childbirth out of marriage, LGBT, blackmail and great descriptive writing making the books essential travel or holiday reading.