Crossing the Line

This is a book of literary fiction, a historical romance. The novel relates the story of a young British aristocrat spending the winter season of 1903 with her consumptive father in the south-west of France. Alice Cupperlite will share the life of the 'English colony' in the small town of Pau, whose mild weather attracted foreign gentry from all over the world. However, unlike members of the upper-class she inwardly rebels against social barriers and will soon be torn between her duty as a daughter and her desire to achieve social good. In this romantic realistic novel the main protagonist strives to reconcile the discovery of love with her dawning political beliefs.