Here is a tale of charm and adventure-set in Europe around the turn of the century-whose colorful action ranges from a touring circus in hungary to the fox-hunting society of the English countryside to the elegant circle...Here is a tale of charm and adventure-set in Europe around the turn of the century-whose colorful action ranges from a touring circus in hungary to the fox-hunting society of the English countryside to the elegant circles of wealth and fashion in London. It is the story of a spirited young woman of eighteen who has left an unhappy, uncertain past in England and made a new life for herself as a trapeze artist in a small touring circus.but that forgotten past will stumble upon her one day, beside a stream in hungary, where the circus has pitched its tents for a time.