In the spring of 1792, Dominick Edward Guy de Ath Ballister, third Marquess of Dain, Earl of Blackmoor, Viscount Launcells, Baron Ballister and Launcells, lost his wife and four children to typhus. Though he’d married in obedience to his father’s command, Lord Dain had developed a degree of regard for his wife, who had dutifully […]

To begin with, he was obnoxious. Oliver Radford’s schoolfellows didn’t need more than a day or two after his arrival to discover this. They didn’t need much time, either, to administer the nickname “Raven,” though why they chose it was less obvious. Maybe his thick, black hair and too-piercing grey eyes gave them the idea, […]