Anthony Trollope was one of the great English writers of the famous Victorian era. Trollope was prolific and his books often centered around the important political, social, and gender issues of his time. Trollope wrote the classic Chronicles of Barsetshire novels as well as The Way We Live Now, a satirical novel that is often ranked as one of the finest in Victorian era literature.

The Bertrams is a novel that centers around the life of George Bertram, a young man sent to Oxford by his wealthy uncle where he becomes a barrister. The book is notable as much of the action takes place in Jerusalem.