This is a story of intense passions, sensual love and stark ambitions, of profound tragedy and remarkable successes, of noble minds and deeds sweeping across the UK and the African continent. Tracing the story of the Harris family from the nineteenth century through the trials and tribulations that shape the modern generation in the 20th Century, we feel their love, we fight their battles, we die their deaths and we are re-born with their dignity, love and potency. "You'll need an undisturbed day, a bottle of gin, a handkerchief and the ability to laugh out loud if you start reading this very special, well-researched and stunningly evocative novel. Enjoy the ride, I did." "If someone doesn't make a movie of this book, then the world has really gone mad."