D.H. Lawrence's 'Aaron's Rod' is a novel about Aaron Sisson, a union official in the coal mines of England, who abandons his family and decides to travel to Italy to pursue his dream of becoming a professional flutist. Along the way, he meets Rawdon Lilly, a writer who helps him recover from an illness, and becomes involved with an aristocratic woman in Florence. Set against the backdrop of post-war Europe, the novel explores themes of politics, leadership, and submission.