Can turning a dream into a plan make it come true? In a remote corner of 1780's England, young Catherine Nelson wants to marry, but understands the damage love can cause. Her dream is to find love, but also control and protect her own life.
In India, restless, worldly George Matcham wonders if the life he dreams of awaits him in the countryside of far-away England.
For each of them to reach their dream, they must learn and overcome a great deal in themselves and in their worlds. As different as they are, how can they make room for each other in their own, very different, carefully perfect plans?
Based on real people in a colorful time, this is a personal view of an historic family, and celebrates a love that lasted forty-seven years.
A Perfect Plan is the first book of two in the Helena's Stories: Britannia series, which brings personal points of view to history through the stories of remarkable families from the 11th through 19th centuries.