The Virgin In The Garden Is The First Novel To Feature Frederica Potter, And The Beginning Of A Triumphant Quartet Of Novels. Set In Yorkshire In 1952 As The Inhabitants Of The Area Set About Celebrating The Accession Of A New Queen, This Is The Tale Of A Brilliant And Eccentric Family Fatefully Divided. The Virgin In The Garden Is A Wonderfully Entertaining Novel, In Which Enlightenment And Sexuality, Elizabethan Drama And Comedy Intersect Richly And Unpredictably.