Empires rise and crumble; wars rage and swallow up nations; how can mere love endure?

Gilian Warder's Love's End follows the beautiful and tragic course of an ill-starred romance between Charles Babington, the handsome, brilliant itinerant, and Caroline, herself a wondering soul. As war threatens in Europe, the silk strands which bind them will be stretched taut. Betrayal, fanaticism, trauma - can love endure?