VGC.Macmillan,1994.First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the cover) with Dj(a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Nice and clean pages with a ink mark and light shelf wear on the outer edges,a couple creases and nicks on the edges,light shelf wear on the edges of the pages.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.405pp.Price clipped.First edition. This is another paragraph Synopsis: Flora St Serf and her family face poverty and social ruin when her father is court martialled during the Napoleonic Wars. Flora's grandfather the General has cut them off without a penny, and the powerful Elders' Bank is calling in all loans. Desperate, Flora's mother sells her daughter Sophie.