Eve

In early 20th Century England, with few rights and privileges for women, the only way a girl of humble birth can achieve security and prosperity is through an advantageous marriage. Mary "Eve" Evelyn Dillon is all too aware of this and is determined to rise above her beginnings. Eve possesses qualities that enhance her prospects: beauty and grace.Married as a teenage bride at eighteen to a much older army captain Eve is elevated in society but finds that marriage is cold and her husband distant. She embarks on a dangerous liaison with a charming man who enchants and lights a passion that Eve has not known possible. A fateful accident brings Eve to the Old Bailey.An extraordinary life follows, lived in Africa and England. Will Eve finally experience true love and acceptance?This is the true story of Eve, an English woman, who lived during the turbulent years of the twentieth century.