More than 50 years ago, Stanley Kubrick offered a direct answer to the question of what would happen to the world, if its fate is left to the wrong people, at the wrong time.
Dr. Strangelove or: 'How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb', is the name of the black comedy and one of the most original political satire films in the history of cinema. The film was directed by Stanley Kubrick and filmed in 1964. Decades later, it seems like Kubrick's "sick joke" got a replica in the reality of the 21st century. Namely, after the Cold War, the world was closer than it ever will be to an ultimate nuclear war, which would bring humanity to the edge of extinction. It seems that the horrible future, which has been anticipated by film art for years, will become the present reality. As the climactic point of civilization and art in which most phenomena can be observed only with the eye, the film has, during its history, presented extremely convincing and direct displays of not only the causes of the nuclear war but also its horrific consequences. However, in 'The Society of Spectacles', as the famous French philosopher Guy Debord imagined today's world, the current "Twitter - Nuclear Tensions" between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong, doesn't seem to worry the 21st century man at all, but on the contrary, it even excites and entertains in some way.
Just when she's decided to leave the Town, Lady Cressida Belverst is forced to marry Lord Calan Haverston, the man who coincidentally knows a way out. Agreeing to marry for all the wrong reasons, can Cressida and Calan find out where their hearts truly belong?
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It is impossible to leave the Town, but one woman is determined to escape with the help of her betrothed.
Lady Cressida Belverst has always been judged as a walking scandal. Oh, how she tries (on some rare occasions) to be proper! When her parents arrange for her to marry a rich lord, Cressida has had enough. She has to leave the Town because she will not be forced to live with a man she doesn't love. But what happens if the very man she's betrothed to is the only one who can help her get out?
Calan Haverston, the Lord of Easton, takes the risk and helps his betrothed by using his knowledge of the Town's secrets because he is as willing as she to stay free of marriage for reasons completely different. He has dark secrets he cannot share with her, and his life is not one he can likewise open to anyone. But what happens when she leaves after awakening desires he thought he has under control? And what happens when he finds himself longing for her?
Cressida goes to a completely different place, one she has only heard in stories and read in books, with hopes of finding what her heart has always longed for. But love, mystery and secrets will chase her and it will only be a matter of time before she realizes what her heart truly desires.
*This story is a standalone title in the Haverston Family series.