Love, Marriage and Politics in the 1800s

In the pureblood society that Phineas Nigellus inhabits, love, marriage and politics are invariably linked together. For a start there’s the pureblood politics that come into play, such as negotiating a dowry that isn’t a personal insult and working your way round the inter-family relations to ensure there won’t be any duels at the wedding. Then there’s the problem of actually finding a decent woman to marry and whether you’ll even like her in ten years' time, let alone love her. Whoever said that marriage was easy was a lying madman. Unless, of course, you find the right woman. Even so the chances of that are slim if all women are like your cousin and mother. Welcome to the world of Love, Marriage and Politics in the 1800s.

Welcome to the world of Love, Marriage and Politics in the 1800s. Meeting the man who may become your future husband is a good start but actually securing contact is another. As the romance between Phineas and Regina begins it becomes a true test of human nature for their relationship to grow in the face of excitable relatives, sinister outsiders and all this talk of bloody Quidditch.