Morland Dynasty 21: The Outcast
The Morland Dynasty, Book 21
Author: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles and Harrold Eagle Series: Morland Dynasty (Paperback)
* The twenty-first volume in the unique Morland Dynasty series, which brings English history to magical life through the centuries.
In the Morland Dynasty series, the majestic sweep of English history is richly and movingly portrayed through the fictional lives of the Morland family. It is 1857, and at Morland Place, Benedict's peaceful life is overset when a mysterious orphan arrives. No one can understand why he takes this waif into the household, but the strain his arrival forces Benedict to take the boy to America, to join his much-missed daughter Mary. There Benedict becomes enamored of the Southern way of life, just as bitter civil war is about to destroy it forever.
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- The twenty-first volume in the unique Morland Dynasty series, which brings English history to magical life through the centuries.
In the Morland Dynasty series, the majestic sweep of English history is richly and movingly portrayed through the fictional lives of the Morland family. It is 1857, and at Morland Place, Benedict's peaceful life is overset when a mysterious orphan arrives. No one can understand why he takes this waif into the household, but the strain his arrival forces Benedict to take the boy to America, to join his much-missed daughter Mary. There Benedict becomes enamored of the Southern way of life, just as bitter civil war is about to destroy it forever.
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Benedict Morland's comfortable life is overset when an old enemy's dying wish leaves him guardian of an orphaned boy. No-one, including his wife Sibella, can understand why Benedict accepts Lennox Mynott into his household and, amid growing hostility at Morland Place, he takes the boy to America, to join his daughter Mary at Twelvetrees Plantation. Here, Benedict, as well as Lennox, fall in love with the Southern way of life, just at the moment when bitter civil war is about to destroy it forever.
About the Author
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles has written over forty novels and in 1992 won the Romantic Novelist of the Year Award. As well as the Dynasty series she has created the contemporary 'Slider' detective series also published by Little, Brown/Warner.
Benedict Morland's comfortable life is overset when an old enemy's dying wish leaves him guardian of an orphaned boy. No-one, including his wife Sibella, can understand why Benedict accepts Lennox Mynott into his household and, amid growing hostility at Morland Place, he takes the boy to America, to join his daughter Mary at Twelvetrees Plantation. Here, Benedict, as well as Lennox, fall in love with the Southern way of life, just at the moment when bitter civil war is about to destroy it forever.
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