Title: The Gabriel hounds
Description: When Christabel runs across her cousin Charles while vacationing in Damascus, he mentions their ancient Great Aunt Harriet, who lives cloistered in Dar Ibrahim, a palace atop a hill in Lebanon's Adonis Valley. On a whim, she decides to meet this legendary relative of hers, a Grand Dame replete with young male retinue and secret seraglio. Though her family has told of her aunt's many eccentricities, Christabel is unprepared for what lurks behind Dar Ibrahim's walls.
Subjects: Fiction, British, Travel, Women travelers, Nobility, Suspense fiction, Biographical fiction
Places: Middle East
People: Hester Stanhope Lady (1776-1839)