Thomas Bell (1903 – January 17, 1961), born Adalbert Thomas Belejcak, was the author of The Breed of Basil, The Second Prince (1935), All Brides Are Beautiful (1936) (made into the 1946 movie From This Day Forward) Out of This Furnace (1941) Till I Come Back to You (1943) (which became the Broadway play The World is Full of Girls) and There Comes a Time (1946). His memoir In the Midst of Life – his account of his battle with cancer — was published posthumously.
The long-lost, first novel by Thomas Bell, author of the masterpiece Out of This Furnace, back-in-print for the first time in over 90 years.
The adventures of Brian, the Duke of Malvern, in the mythical land of Illyria. He falls in love with the beautiful widow Eleanor of Luce, the former mistress of his half-brother Francis, who loathes him. Brian and Eleanor embark on a forbidden, passionate romance that threatens the kingdom and their lives.