Gloria in Excelsis

Gloria in Excelsis is a sweeping family saga that steps back in time to the latter years of the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth century, and while the lead characters in this saga are women, interestingly, it is often the actions of the male characters in the book that cause the upheavals driving the sudden plot twists as the story evolves. The first section is Gloria's story, but it doesn't end with Gloria's marriage to the rakish man who wooed and won her. That i...