Scent of Cloves

About “Scent of Cloves”

The novel is set in Indonesia during the seventeenth century and centers on Julie Ashley, who loses her family and identity after Cromwell's invasion of Ireland and is rescued by a Dutch sea captain. She is sent to an island in the East Indies as part of a 'Glove Marriage' to a man she has never met, and in the island's environment of luxury and cruelty, her virtues are tested, leaving her fate uncertain until the end.