Cavendon Hall (Cavendon Chronicles) - Hardcover

Barbara Taylor Bradford

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9780007503162: Cavendon Hall (Cavendon Chronicles)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007503164 ISBN 13: 9780007503162

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2014

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HardCover. Pub Date :2014-01-30 Pages: 464 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK Opening on the eve of the First World War. set around a stately home. Cavendon Hall. its owners the aristocratic Ingham family and the Swann family who . serves them Two entwined families: the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them The Earl and Countess rely on their faithful retainers Alice and Walter Swann as their young family grows up One stately home:.. Cavendon Hall. a grand imposing house nestled in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales A society beauty: Lady Daphne Ingham is the most beautiful of the Earl's four daughters Being presented at Court and making a glittering marriage is her destiny But in the summer of 1913. a devastating event changes her future forever. and.. . threatens the Ingham name Yet life as the families of Cavendon Hall know it - Royal Ascot. supper danc...

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About the Author:

BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD was born and brought up in England and started her writing career as a journalist. She has written twenty-eight international bestsellers. This is her twenty-ninth novel. In 2007, Queen Elizabeth awarded her the Order of the British Empire for her literary achievements. She lives in New York with her husband, TV and film producer Robert Bradford.

From Booklist:

The lives of the Ingham and Swann families have been intimately entwined for more than 160 years—the former as the royal owners of their estate home, Cavendon Hall; the latter as those who keep their masters’ secrets. On the eve of WWI, there is a particularly dastardly secret to be protected: Lady Daphne, the most beautiful of Lord Ingham’s four daughters, is raped by her closest friend’s brother. Worse luck, the attack results in a pregnancy, thereby further dashing Daphne’s chances of being married to an as-yet-unnamed duke. Salvation comes in the form of long-lost cousin Hugo, recently widowed and returning after a successful career in America to reclaim his Yorkshire roots. Luckily for all, Daphne and Hugo fall deeply in love, and their union further helps the Inghams and Swanns weather the tragedies to come when England goes to war. The popular and prolific Bradford knocks another fast-paced family saga out of the park with charming characters and manor-house mayhem. --Carol Haggas

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