Used book – The Passenger, Barbara Ewing, Martine Segas

London, 1849. The cholera epidemic rages. Sir Charles Cooper, an eminent Member of Parliament and businessman, decides to send his youngest daughter, the strange and very beautiful Harriet, to the countryside, far from Mary, her beloved sister. In Rusholme, Harriet will discover a very different world. She will meet Edward, her cousin, who dreams of leaving for New Zealand, her aunt Lucretia, so dependent on her laudanum, as well as the formidable Lady Kingdom and her sons, two of the most eligible bachelors in the kingdom. Yet the young girl only longs to be reunited with her sister. When Harriet finally returns home, London has become more dangerous for her than ever. Her physical and mental health, and her freedom, are at stake. Fleeing seems to be her only salvation. Alone and without resources, will Harriet manage to survive? Will she manage to build a new life for herself? The Passenger takes us into the darkest corners of Victorian England's London, then across the seas to New Zealand, in the hopeful early days of colonization.