Prelude

A unique blend of literary biography and family secrets at the centre of a love triangle between Elizabeth Bowen and the authors grandfather, Humphry House. A fascinating and moving portrait of love, loyalty and infidelity. Sarah Waters

1914, Belfast. William is a sceptic, but one night during a seance something happens that places doubt in his heart and a seed of obsession in his mind. Could the spirits truly be communicating with him or is this one of Kathleens parlour tricks gone too far?