Wild Geese — Eilis Dillon

THIS WAS THE WORLD OF THE BRIENS, THE WORLD OF THE WILD GEESE

Of the matriarch who vowed that her descendants, unlike herself, would marry only for love - and so sent sent her beloved grandchildren, Robert and Louise, off to Paris, to spare them the discrimination and squalor of a troubled land.

Paris - a city of petty gossip and vicious intrigues. Where Robert's scandalous affair would force him into the French army - and on to America to fight in the Revolution. And where Louise's lovely innocence would imprison her in an arranged marriage with a man old enough to be her grandfather.

THE WORLD OF WILD GEESE...

Of scheming relations, stolen fortunes, unrequited love, honor lost, and passion denied....