The Silver Flame is a 1928 novel by the British writer James Hilton. The original British publisher was Butterworth. In 1949 it was published in the United States in by Avon under the alternative title Three Loves Had Margaret. It has been described as the last of his "apprentice novels" before he emerged as a major international author. The story takes place on a Cotswold estate between 1896 and 1926. Source: Wikipedia (en)