Publisher's Synopsis
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-As described in a film magazine, Jasmine Grenfel abandons her suitor Ian Stafford and marries Rudyard Byng, who has made her way to the first steps of success in the Transvaal's African diamond mines. Stafford, sad, goes to Africa. During the next three years, Byng dissipates. Adrian Fellowes, his secretary, has intrigues with several women, including the dancer Al'Mah. He has also paid attention to Jasmine, which has aroused the dancer's jealousy. Fellowes is killed and the husband and wife suspect each other of the crime.When the Boer War broke out, Byng joins the army and Jasmine and Al'Mah join the Red Cross. The battles that follow reveal the virility of Byng. Al'Mah is hit by a fragment of a projectile and in a dying confession he admits to the murder of Fellow. Jasmine and Byng then meet again happily.
