Barbara Vaughan, a half-Jewish Catholic convert, tries to cross the Mandelbaum Gate in 1961 Jerusalem and finds herself pulled between faith, politics, and family loyalties.

What begins as a pilgrimage to the Holy Land becomes a journey through a divided city and a divided self.

The second volume of a two-part biography, this book traces Wordsworth's later life through his revisions, family relationships, political stance, and the changing shape of age and honor.

It follows the poet as he moves through an age of revolution and establishes his voice between continual revision and a quieter old age.