The insurgents then soon fall for one another despite of reluctance from Anatole's friends.

One day while on his way to the studio, Anatole meets and rescues a young woman from the clutches of some vile men who try to buy her. Anatole lives in a lavish apartment owned and paid by his famous photographer friend, Jules. But one day while standing on side of the street to sell her body to make money, she meets Anatole.Īnatole who has formerly served his time in the Army is now a professional violinist, who plays for the orchestra with his partner, Marie. Zephyrine makes up her mind to join the women's rights body and she participated in many protests against the government.

But poverty hangs over her head like a dark cloud. Zephyrine has arisen from the ashes in an oppressed society of Paris, raised by her grandmother, who taught her to be independent and fierce and to stand up for her own rights. And when the violent reality of revolution comes crashing down at all their feet, can they face the danger together - or will they be forced to choose where their hearts really lie? Opera-singer Marie and photographer Jules have desires of their own, and the harsh reality of life under the Commune is not quite as enticing for them as it seems to be for Anatole and Zephyrine. He comes to believe in Zephyrine's new politics - but his friends are not so sure. Anatole's passion for his music is soon swiftly matched only by his passion for this fierce and magnificent girl. But she is about to fall in love for a second time, following a fateful encounter with a young violinist. Alone and poverty-stricken, sixteen-year-old Zephyrine is quickly lured in by the ideals of the city's radical new government, and she finds herself swept away by its promises of freedom, hope, equality and rights for women. After months of siege at the hands of the Prussians, a wind of change is blowing through the city, bringing with it murmurs of a new revolution. Four young people will rewrite their destinies. Lydia Syson, an English author, has penned a heart-touching tale of love set in Paris during the Civil War era, Liberty's Fire that unfolds the story of a young man and woman caught in the cross fire of country's war and politics try to hold on to each other despite their indifferences, the protests and the war.

Liberty's Fire by Lydia Syson