Harry George Alexander Bircham, an amoral man cast from a Wildean mold, and used to getting his way, will do anything to keep the affections and attentions of Charles Holland, a fellow student at Oxford-even commit murder. I Knew Him by Erastes is the story of their summer 'vac' from Oxford, where Bircham and Holland, originally intending to visit Paris, instead return to Holland's ancestral home in Somerset. When they arrive, Holland receives...