Title: The captive
Description: Struggling with Society life, Christian Severn, who lost his wife, son and will to live, finds an ally in the Countess of Windmere, who helps him stay strong for his surviving daughter, but refuses his proposal of marriage even though romance has blossomed between them.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Widows, Single fathers, Ex-prisoners of war, Nobility, Fiction, Fiction, romance, general
Places: England
Time periods: 19th century