Ezekiel Masters is a man of considerable fortune and even more considerable stubbornness. When a grave illness demands radical intervention, the wealthy patient finds himself at the mercy of a young doctor whose methods are perhaps too modern for their time, and a nurse whose quiet compassion hides depths even she doesn't fully understand. As Michael Thorpe battles to save his patient and his own reputation, and Cornelia navigates the delicate terrain between professional duty and personal feeling, the sickroom becomes a crucible where three lives intersect in ways none of them anticipated. George Manville Fenn, a master of Victorian narrative tension, weaves medical intrigue with sharp character study in this overlooked novel of 1894. The Tiger Lily examines what happens when bodies fail, when pride collides with necessity, and when the people tasked with saving your life become the ones who know you most intimately. It's a story about the courage required to surrender control, and the unexpected intimacies of illness.
