When Henry Ireland dies unexpectedly from what appears to be a riding accident in August 1863, the failed landowner leaves behind little save his high-strung young widow, Isabel--who somehow ends up in the home of Ireland's friend James Dixey. A celebrated naturalist, Dixey...
A stuffed bear a pet mouse fraud and felony on the streets of London and strange goings-on in the fens... Full of suspense and teeming with life Kept is a Victorian mystery about the curious things men do to get - and keep - what they want.