"Godolphin, Volume 3." by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton is a satirical romance novel first published in 1834. The story follows idealistic Percy Godolphin and the intelligent, ambitious Constance Vernon as they navigate London's high society. Bound by a deathbed oath to her father, Constance must choose between love and revenge against the political elite. Set during England's Reform Bill era, this frame narrative exposes the lives and machinations of the early 19th-century British upper class through sharp social commentary. (This is an automatically generated summary.)