Description
A newly arrived dentist, Philip Sheldon, finds himself drawn into a web of social ambition and moral compromise when a wealthy man’s fortune becomes the prize in a struggle over identity, legitimacy, and inheritance. As separate lives and motives begin to interlock, a predatory circle—“birds of prey”—maneuvers through respectability, secrecy, and calculated influence, forcing characters to confront what they owe to truth, family, and conscience. Set against the pressures of Victorian society, the novel explores hidden tensions beneath polite surfaces, the cost of ambition, and the unsettling ease with which manipulation can masquerade as virtue. With Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s sharp psychological insight and brisk, suspenseful storytelling, this installment builds toward a reckoning that tests both character and morality—without ever letting the reader forget that appearances can be lethal.
Available Editions
hardcover
IndyPublish.com
Published Jun 30, 2005
428 pages
ISBN: 9781421912585
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Details
First Published
1870
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Birds of Prey by Mary Elizabeth Braddon.