gothic fiction

Soon after Louisa's arrival at boarding school, she is offered a position as a maid, but as she begins to see the distortion and lies coming from inside the house, she's not quite sure whom to trust.

Young Catherine Morland's entry into nineteenth-century English society is attended by the collapse of many romantic illusions.

The final battle for domination is underway but, as the civilian population of London dwindles, it is still not clear who among the combatants will be triumphant.