'I said once that she could not die. She has died. My beautiful Isabel is dead. This is her story. The story of a woman - the most remarkable woman whom I have ever known - whom I loved from the first moment I saw her. It does not matter who I am, though my part in the tale will become apparent. I will simply give voice to the events which befell her, aided by her own words through extracts from her diary entries, in which her voice still rings as clear as day. For the lady is dead, and her earthly story is ended. But for you, reader, it is just beginning...'

Brought to her aunt's estate...