The Strand

London, 1892: Rich, growing, bustling, the Mecca of the ambitious, the lonely, the hungry. Lured by promises of sucess and riches, two young people come to this center of the empire to live out their dreams: Lewis, a young surgeon, hardened by his tough past in Australia; and Claudette, a would be actress who is even more poor, and the product of an even more deprived childhood. The two meet and start a relationship but a society miss by the name of Miriam stands in their way of happiness. The novel takes you into the seamier side of Victorian London...the prostitutes, the abortions, death and disease. This is the 8th book in "The Performers" series.