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. “When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. And when the violent reality of revolution comes crashing down at 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.

But she is about to be seduced for a second time, following a fateful encounter with a young violinist.

Liberty's Fire by Lydia Syson