"Peace with Honour" by Sydney C. Grier is a story set in the early 1900s, taking readers into the world of Major Dick North and his sister, Mabel, during the expansion of the British Empire. As Dick returns from service in India and reunites with Mabel, readers see a developing story as she is eager to share her life and social connections with him. He soon finds himself drawn into a world of social events and encounters someone who challenges traditional gender roles, Miss Georgia Keeling, a determined female doctor. The evolving relationships, mixed with social expectations, give a glimpse into the characters' personal struggles and their ambitions, hinting at the difficult choices and relationships as the story goes forward, creating an engaging historical narrative.
Peace with Honour
By Sydney C. Grier
Amidst social expectations and duty within British colonial times, a soldier and his sister find their lives entangled with an opinionated female doctor as relationships change.
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Hilda Caroline Gregg was an English author who wrote novels and short stories under the name Sydney C. Grier. She had her fiction printed in The Bristol Times in 1886, then William Blackwood and Sons published her first novel in 1895. She then published a novel every year until 1925, mostly heroic tales about the adventures of English people in places such as Afghanistan, Baghdad, and India.
Hilda Caroline Gregg was an English author who wrote novels and short stories under the name Sydney C. Grier. She had her fiction printed in The Bristol Times in 1886, then William Blackwood and Sons published her first novel in 1895. She then published a novel every year until 1925, mostly heroic tales about the adventures of English people in places such as Afghanistan, Baghdad, and India.
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