Author: James T. Hilton
Publisher: Pocket Book 118
Year: 1941 Print: 1 Cover Price: $
Condition: Very Good Minus
Genre: Fiction
SKU: 90115250

Set on the eve of World War I, the novel follows Dr. David Newcome, a beloved and kind-hearted surgeon in a small English factory town. Trapped in an unhappy marriage with his strict wife, Jessica, the doctor takes pity on Leni, a stranded 19-year-old German dancer, and hires her as a governess. “When Newcome's wife Jessica is killed under suspicious circumstances, both Dr. Newcome and Leni fall under suspicion”. Swept up in the anti-foreign hysteria of impending war, the small town turns against Leni. Despite only circumstantial evidence, prejudice drives the community to convict and hang them both, making the novel a somber indictment of wartime hysteria and miscarriages of justice. ver Art: