My Uncle Florimond

A hush settles over the drawing room as secrets flicker behind polite conversation, and the weight of social class presses upon every gesture and glance. In the delicate confines of Victorian-era domestic life, a young man's coming of age is shaped as much by the silences of his elders as by their words. Set against the intricate tapestry of nineteenth-century British society, this novel traces the subtle tensions and moral dilemmas that arise within a family bound by duty, affection, and t...