Lizzie has a new baby brother, but must confront a terrible loss.

She is also unsettled by her husband's past, and the story of his husband's first wife - a French woman called Lucie.

Based in Bristol in 1792, Helen Dunmore's novel is set against a backdrop of the French Revolution.

It touches on Radical idealism, property speculation, political turmoil and private tragedy...

Read by Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp

Abridged by Sara Davies.

Producer: Julian Wilkinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017. Show less