A powerful Victorian epic with all the passion and drama of a Greek tragedy.
In British India, Paul Eliot is a wealthy, powerful merchant. In nineteenth-century England, where class is all-important, he takes quick offence at the easy self-assurance of men superior in rank, sensing disdain in every word. In revenge, he determines to seduce the beautiful wife of his well-born host and fellow merchant, Gerard Forston.
Eliot and Eleanor flee to India, ignorant of the tragic, far-reaching consequences of their thoughtless elopement. Mirroring Paris' escape with Helen of Troy, all those connected with the lovers will be affected as their families are torn apart.
Set against the austere tradition of Victorian England and the exotic, affluent colony of British India, this is a compelling retelling of the Oresteia, where the Furies - The Kindly Ones - wreak vengeance on wrong-doers and the repercussions of a single action will be felt for generations.
