In a duel, there are two sides. We read of the hero who prevails.
What of the others—who fall?
When the Walton family defied the House of Matlock, their ruin was swift and complete. Fortune, name, and standing were stripped away—but not the will to endure.
From that wreckage rises Winnifred Walton—her father sold her to settle a debt—remade as Catherine Murray, and determined to avenge herself on those responsible.
Years later, Colonel Fitzwilliam’s daughter, Lady Lydia, grows to womanhood beneath the burnish of his legend. Bright, brave, and restless, she begins to question the quiet cost of victory—and the unseen lives lost to preserve it.
Across London’s parlours and alleyways, two women—one shaped by ruin, the other by privilege—move toward an inevitable reckoning between the victors and the forgotten.
After the Fall is a tale of inheritance and vengeance—of daughters who live in the choices their fathers made and make their way by instinct and grit.
Genre: Historical
What of the others—who fall?
When the Walton family defied the House of Matlock, their ruin was swift and complete. Fortune, name, and standing were stripped away—but not the will to endure.
From that wreckage rises Winnifred Walton—her father sold her to settle a debt—remade as Catherine Murray, and determined to avenge herself on those responsible.
Years later, Colonel Fitzwilliam’s daughter, Lady Lydia, grows to womanhood beneath the burnish of his legend. Bright, brave, and restless, she begins to question the quiet cost of victory—and the unseen lives lost to preserve it.
Across London’s parlours and alleyways, two women—one shaped by ruin, the other by privilege—move toward an inevitable reckoning between the victors and the forgotten.
After the Fall is a tale of inheritance and vengeance—of daughters who live in the choices their fathers made and make their way by instinct and grit.
Genre: Historical
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