pIDiana TempestI 1893 is novel by Mary Cholmondeley. Partly based on her experience as an artist from a wealthy landowning family IDiana TempestI is a story of greed romance and betrayal that faced backlash from critics for its controversial portrayal of female sexuality. Satirical and deeply observant of the hypocrisies of Victorian society IDiana TempestI is an essential work by one of Victorian Englands bestselling novelists. Colonel Tempest as a rule took life very easily. If he had fits of uncontrolled passion now and then they were quickly over. If his feelings were touched that was quickly over too. But today his face was clouded. He had tried the usual antidotes for an impending attack of what he would have called the blues by which he meant any species of reflection calculated to give him that passing annoyance which was the deepest form of emotion of which he was capable. Unused to being denied Colonel Tempest is unable to control himself following the death of his brother. Rather than mourn his loss he laments the passing of the Tempest family fortune to his nephew John a secretly illegitimate child whose claim as heir is fabricated at best. A notorious gambler he makes a drunken bet that he will one day control the estate unwittingly placing a bounty on Johns head. At the same time the Colonels daughter Diana has begun to fall in love with the young heir complicating her fathers plans and welcoming disaster into her life. IDiana TempestI is a tale of family faith and betrayal that explores the Victorian concept of the New Woman without sacrificing its entertaining narrative. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript this edition of Mary Cholmondeleys IDiana TempestI is a classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.p