Under the Red Dragon: A Novel

The narrative alternates between country-house society and a wartime campaign, opening amid invitations, flirtations and rivalries at a rural estate where sisters Winifred and Dora figure in secret engagements, jealousies and social complications. A manipulative outsider furthers misunderstandings, prompting revelations and turning points. The focus then shifts to military service: marches, camp life, trenches, sieges and hazardous duties around a great coastal fortress, with close combat and daring rescues. The tale resolves through returns, reconciliations and marriages, leaving characters to reckon with loyalty, bravery and the emotional costs of love tested by conflict.