The Phoenix

<p>At fourteen Kit St. Denys brought down his abusive father with a knife. At twenty-one his theatrical genius brought down the house. At thirty his past-and his forbidden love-nearly brought down the curtain for good. This is a compelling Victorian saga of two men whose love for each other transcends time and distance-and the society that considers it an abomination. Set in the last twenty years of the 19th century <em>The Phoenix </em>is a multi-layered historical novel that illuminates poverty and child abuse theatre history in America and England betrayal a crisis of conscience violence and vengeance and the treatment of insanity at a time when such treatment was in its infant stage. Most of all it is a tale of love on many levels from carnal to devoted friendship to sacrifice.</p>