Set in Greece in 1837, this is the
story of Helena Cadfield, who has just returned from boarding school in Paris
to her home in Oxfordshire where she learns her father has died in Greece while
excavating treasures on her late mother's property. She wants to go to Greece
to claim her inheritance, but she needs funds, so she takes a position as a governess
with a family that, fortunately, moves to Greece.
Unaware of Helena’s existence, Dr.
Aristotle Mastoras accepts the offer from the Archaeological Society to lead the
project investigating the house of the late Dr. Cadfield. Helena meets Aristotle
at a court ball in Greece, where she is watching over her charge.
Many obstacles interfere with their
growing affection for each other: jewel thieves, Helena’s former suitor back in
England and a German woman who has claims on Aristotle. Will Helena stay in Greece
or return to her beloved Oxfordshire?
This is a romance set in a post war
Greece, a country hurting but trying to recover. Told at a leisurely pace, the
author conveys many details of Helena’s world:
her loss of family,
her misfortunes and her dawning
future.
Helena is a resourceful woman and Aristotle a man
who knows what he wants.
You get a good sense of what Greece was like at the time as Helena and Aristotle search for treasure.
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