哈雷彗星的晚上,抛出了一个巨大的影子在三代王朝的卡文迪什横死在1910端Winterscombe。在事件的中心是美丽的和危险的康斯坦斯,谁施魔法-这可能是在家庭的儿子所有的诅咒。在两次世界大战的破坏和激情,对其间的和平欺骗和仇恨是焕发力量康斯坦斯的人格和不可告人的秘密,在她生命的心,这将决定如果维多利亚,最后的cavendishes,是继承的幸福或痛苦。Halley's Comet night at Winterscombe in 1910 ends with a violent death which throws a giant shadow over three generations of the Cavendish dynasty. At the centre of events is the beautiful and dangerous Constance, who casts a spell - which may be a curse - on all the sons of the family. Following the destruction of two World Wars - and the passions, deceits and hatreds of the intervening peace - it is the coruscating power of Constance's personality, and the sinister secret at the heart of her life, which will determine if Victoria, last of the Cavendishes, is to inherit happiness or misery.
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