Fortune's Fool

London of the restoration and of the plague form the setting of this keenly interesting historical novel. Romance, bloodshed, corruption, intrigue and love feature the story, whose two principal characters are worth knowing. These are Colonel Randall Holles, victim of circumstances and, for a time, of his own despair, and Sylvia Farquharson, a famous actress. Famous actress she was, indeed, and one against whose name no one had a right to throw a stone; yet she lived in an age when to be a ...