Dulcie Carlyon: A novel. Volume 2 (of 3)

A young woman named Dulcie navigates divided loyalties as her beloved Florian enlists for service in Zululand while a manipulative heir, Shafto Gyle, schemes at her family estate. Domestic intrigue—stolen tokens, threatened reputations, and mounting suspicions—runs alongside vivid military episodes, including a disastrous clash with Zulu forces and later skirmishes. The narrative alternates intimate confidences and social maneuvering with battlefield peril, examining jealousy, ambition, the emotional cost of love, and the painful search for missing men and hard truths amid grief and violence.