The Tenant at Hidden Farm (Paperback)

Mark Ryder-Jones

ISBN 10: 180634565X / ISBN 13: 9781806345656

Published by Troubador Publishing, Market Harborough, 2026

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Paperback. Hampshire, England. For Ellen Shales, the job offer from Darnley Hall in early 1919 represented unexpected good fortune. The Great War was over, and army nurses like her were demobilising and competing for a limited amount of private work. Although the new role was limited in duration, it would enhance her resume of medical accomplishments and promised the opportunity to devote all her time to one patient the war-wounded, double-amputee Major Owen Altringham, son of the aristocratic estate owners.The vacancy had arisen upon the accidental death of Miss Mary-Ann OConnor, a young Irish nurse who had drowned in a local river the previous autumn. Ellen was not surprised, therefore, upon joining the Halls war-depleted household, that emotions were still raw among its members. She learned that Major Altringham, in particular, grieved for his late nurse, and she was advised by service staff not to broach the subject with him. Nevertheless, as weeks turned into months, any hopes Ellen harboured that she might forge a rewarding relationship with her new patient appeared misplaced. Having struggled in the shadow of her late predecessor, Ellen set about learning more of Miss OConnors time at the Hall, little realising that in doing so, she would change the lives of those around her forever Tackles the fallout from the First World War, and how the severe injuries of a soldier-son affect an aristocratic family. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Tenant at Hidden Farm (Paperback)
• Publisher: Troubador Publishing, Market Harborough
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 180634565X
• ISBN 13: 9781806345656
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Hampshire, England. For Ellen Shales, the job offer from Darnley Hall in early 1919 represented unexpected good fortune. The Great War was over, and army nurses like her were demobilising and competing for a limited amount of private work. Although the new role was limited in duration, it would enhance her résumé of medical accomplishments and promised the opportunity to devote all her time to one patient – the war-wounded, double-amputee, Major Owen Altringham, son of the aristocratic estate owners.

The vacancy had arisen upon the accidental death of Miss Mary-Ann O'Connor, a young Irish nurse who had drowned in a local river the previous autumn. Ellen was not surprised, therefore, upon joining the Hall's war-depleted household, that emotions were still raw among its members. She learned that Major Altringham, in particular, grieved for his late nurse, and she was advised by service staff not to broach the subject with him. Nevertheless, as weeks turned into months, any hopes Ellen harboured that she might forge a rewarding relationship with her new patient appeared misplaced. Having struggled in the shadow of her late predecessor, Ellen set about learning more of Miss O'Connor's time at the Hall, little realising that in doing so, she would change the lives of those around her forever…

About the Author

Mark Ryder-Jones was born in London and educated in Surrey before reading law at Southampton University. He practised as a commercial litigation solicitor in Clifford Chance before joining the accounting firm of Price Waterhouse as counsel in its world office.