The sequel to The Dangerous Flood, this novel is set in 1925 and Edward Boothby-Graffoe has become Duke of Lincolnshire. He and his wife find their lives diverging and with the issue of the Duchy's succession thrown open by the war, a potentially damaging secret demands a further facade.
- ISBN10 0751513202
- ISBN13 9780751513202
- Publish Date 1 August 1996 (first published 3 August 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 December 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint Time Warner Paperbacks
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 576
- Language English