Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

1901. When the Earl of Stainton dies in a tragic hunting accident, Giles, the eldest son of the noble Tallant family, must step forward to replace him as the head of the family....

England, 1903. Giles, the new Earl of Stainton, is struggling to bring his family's estate back to order after the death of his father, and he has little time to spare for his young pregnant wife, Kitty. She lives in fear of her mother-in-law, who won't give up the reins of the household....

England, 1903. Giles, the Earl of Stainton, has fled from his stifling duties to resume his research in Egypt, leaving behind his wife Kitty, and his infant son. Kitty, still reeling from Giles' sudden departure, struggles to keep spirits high in the castle....

1815: Napoleon's escape from Elba and the preparations for battle entangle the Morland family in a web of romance and heartbreak....

The year is 1807. The Napoleonic Wars continue and their violence reverberates in the lives of the Morland family....

As the century draws to a close, Jemima Morland wearily acknowledges that her life is also nearing its end, but she has scant peace....

1803: Napoleon is poised to invade England, with only Nelson's weather-beaten ships in his way....

The year is 1816. Napoleon has at last been defeated, but victory brings no peace to the English....

This wonderful series opens with the back drop of the Wars of the Roses with the marriage between Eleanor Morland and a scion of the influential house of Beaufort....

1670: King Charles II's reign has brought peace and prosperity to the Morland family, but James II's ascent to the throne will shatter their restored fortunes....

It is 1558: Elizabeth I is on the throne, though still challenged by Mary, and her Protestant faith threatens the Catholic Morland family....

When ex-BBC correspondent Ed Stonax is found dead, the last thing Detective Inspector Bill Slider needs to complicate his life is the reappearance of an old enemy issuing death threats....

Slider has to agree. There’s the method of death, a single slash to the jugular; men don’t usually cut....

Antiques expert Rowland Egerton, the darling of daytime TV, has been stabbed to death in his luxurious West London home....

Felicity Holland is missing. She left her handsome West London house to go to her weekly pottery class and didn't come back....

In 1914, Britain faces a new kind of war. For Edward and Beatrice Hunter, their children, servants and neighbours, life will never be the same again....

Allen Morland and his beloved wife, Jemima, work unstintingly to bring Morland Place back to its former glory....

1501: the turbulence of Henry VIII's reign brings passion and pain to the Morlands as they achieve ever greater wealth and prestige....

Henri-Marie Fitzjames Stuart, bastard offshoot of the Morland family, strives to protect his daughter, Heloise; his mistress, Marie-France; and their son, Morland....

A young couple discover human remains buried in the garden of their new house. The problem comes almost as a relief to DCI Slider, still suffering from the fallout of his previous case....