Van Diemen's Land, 1840: The wealthy widow Caroline Douglas arrives at the port of Hobart after a months-long voyage by ship from London. In a cottage next to an abandoned vineyard, she defies all odds and builds a new life for herself. Why Caroline is so knowledgeable about viticulture and where she gets her in-depth medical knowledge from - why she made the journey Down Under in the first place - is a mystery to those around her. And Caroline does everything she can to keep her biggest secret under wraps. A powerful novel about a supposedly indomitable family legacy and a daughter determined to do anything who goes all out to assert herself in a stormy world. New product