Janus: Gateway to Heaven on Earth

In 1857, was it fate that brought John Taylor, a Scotsman and corporal in the army, from the north east of Inverness to the island of Alderney? Was it another stroke of serendipity when Harry Hopkins, a nipper on the Heresa, sailed towards the island too? Their lives became intertwined with a small family who ran a hostelry and guest house, but was it love for two islanders Hannah and Elizabeth, or the magic of Alderney itself, which made them return to make Alderney their home, even if just for a little while?