The sweeping and mighty chronicle of a fabulous family- the hot headed, hot-blooded d'Alverys, and the skeleton ridden house where they were born. On Belle Heloise plantation, with all its old world background; its beer and shrimp parties on the levee, its wild cat hunts in the forest and extravagant weekends in New Orleans. Two generations of patrician Creoles live out their exciting loves and destinies. A saga of conflict and courage, of hope and heart-break, of passion, ambition and desire .