Two entwined families: The aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them. One stately home:
Cavendon Hall, a grand imposing house nestled in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales....
It's a crime to be out after dark, and Fairfax knows he must arrive at his destination - a remote village in the wilds of Exmoor - before night falls and curfew is imposed....
It is 1648 and the country is in the grip of a bloody civil war. The king is in exile and the people have learnt to keep their allegiances secret. In the tidelands of Sussex,...
Betty is running for her life...
When Betty's husband returns from the war broken and haunted, she knows her marriage is doomed.
Taking a fleeting chance to escape, she goes on...