ONE WOMANMary Northing, young, beautiful and naive, embarks on an adventure into the Georgian society of Bath. Revolution is brewing in France, making military officers a romantic and intoxicating topic for every warm-blooded young woman looking to her future.TWO LOVERSTwo men profess their love for her: One, the heir of a wealthy miser, and the other, the third son of a nobleman. Which will she choose? How can she know what the future holds for either of them? Will she allow herself to be guided by vanity and the lust for position and consequence, or will she listen to her heart?Even the dust of a wrong path clings to the garments of the penitent traveller.
