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“A powerful & turbulent thriller, which pushes social injustice to its limit.”
Day-old, ZA DAVIES, dumped in a London telephone box by her 15-year-old mum, becomes a barrister, but her picture-perfect life begins to unravel as she realises she's marrying into a dynasty whose wealth stems from enslaving her ancestor.
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EN

Befriended by aristocrat Sebastian Flyte, Oxford student Charles Ryder finds that the power and privilege experienced by the family is seductive. On a visit to the ancestral home, Brideshead, he falls in love with his friend's sister, Julia. However, as his ties to the Flytes deepen, Ryder finds himself at odds with their strong Roman Catholicism.

A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.