A book of many themes with no one storyline that can be summarized in just a few words. The many twists and turns include stories of unearthly silver-maned Arabian horses, a house elf who can take on human form once in a hundred years and grant three wishes, a poor girl who falls in love with the son and heir to the manor who are then separated by war but come together years later, a herbalist and her magical tea, talking cats, two old fuddy-duddies, children from an orphanage who find their home in Goldsville, and many more magical touches and moments. You might imagine this world, this atmosphere, a little like the novel ‘Chocolate’, but in Goldsville only good people live, while the bad ones live in Dumptown.