This work is the third semi-autobiographical novel by D. F. E. Sykes a gifted scholar
solicitor local politician and newspaper proprietor. Skyes in this work draws heavily on
his own life experiences like almost all of his novels. He is indeed the Edward Beaumont of the
novel. An account of His solicitor's training and early political longings is presented in this
work along with his romance with a Lincolnshire vicar's daughter. However he remains
particular in what he reveals about himself and uses an incredible writing style to make the
book more appealing. He gives the readers an insight into his thoughts beliefs desires and
the hardships he must have survived before turning his life around. This work proves to be
helpful in providing a beneficial message on how a talented man can be destroyed for his
beliefs and his battle with support to retrieve his self-esteem.
