A young Norwegian girl, Thelma, falls in love with an English lord, Sir Phillip Errington, who is visiting Norway with friends on his yacht. The two are married, and return to London. But London's elite society are shocked by Sir Phillip's marriage to a common girl, and predict divorce and scandal. Despite disarming her husband's social set with her charm and intelligence, a jealous rival plots to destroy their marriage by making Thelma believe her husband is in love with another woman. She flees back to Norway - can Sir Phillip win her back? A beautifully written romantic tale of a trusting innocent beauty, 'from the land of the midnight sun'.

Author Biography

Marie Corelli was born in 1855. In her time, she was the most widely read author of fiction, surpassing the sales of her contemporaries including H.G. Wells and Rudyard Kipling. She died in 1924.