New York: Random House, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second massive epic novel by the author of "Through a Glass Darkly" set in the early 18th century. Focusing on a 20 year old widow, Barbara Devane, who finds herself financially and emotionally devasted from the death of her husband in suspicious circumstances, the story sweeps from the tobacco plantations of Virginia to Hanoverian England to the South Sea Bubble scandal. Author's historical note, list of characters. 733 pages. The true first edition with a price on the dj flap, pale green decorative endpapers, dark blue cloth spine. ISBN: 0-394-569296).