<p><em>The Marriage of Raphael Kerr</em>&nbsp;begins in 1792 with a shipwreck on a deserted island off the coast of Scotland. It then wends its way through the heart of England and onward to a land that may be a dream and may be real. It is the story of a marriage forged in youth that forms a man for life, of a second marriage, of hopes honored and hopes wrenched away.&nbsp;</p>