Freedom & NecessityIt is 1849. Across Europe, the high tide of revolution has crested, leaving recrimination and betrayal in its wake. From the high councils of Prussia to the corridors of Parliament, the powers that be breathe sighs of relief. But the powers that be are hardly unified among themselves. Far from it . . . On the south coast of England, London man about town James Cobham comes to himself in a country inn, with no idea how he got there. Corresponding with