This is the best book ever written.Please read the three books as although the first book is a great read it only really comes together when all 3 are read. There has never ever been a stronger woman than Chris and after reading this book when I was 16 she has been with me ever since. Even after all those years I cannot bear to read the final paragraph. Enjoy. (and on a political point if Gibbon had been English this book would be better known but hes Scottish and all the better for the book,)