This is the eventful story of the nurses who since 1918 have worn the grey- blue uniform of the RAF, from the Great War to D-Day; Their main field of expertise is their skill for in-flight nursing, caring for very sick patients while flying back to hospitals in the UK.
To save her home, she faces a difficult choice.When Rose Hamilton's mother died in childbirth, her father, a farmer on the royal Sandringham estate, turned his back on the daughter whose birth killed his beloved wife. Rose's one joy is Orchards, her father's beloved farm. When he collapses, it is left to Rose to manage their land and do battle with their landlord Bertie, the lecherous Prince of Wales, who quickly turns vindictive. Faced with more family tragedy, Rose is left with a choice to make - either she must marry in order to stay on at Orchards, or leave the farm. Reliable Basil Pooley has been in love with Rose for years, though Rose has never returned his feelings. But Geoffrey Devlin, a man she has both loved and hated in equal measure since she was a girl, is an impossibility. Will she be forced into a marriage with somebody she does not love, or can she find a way to save her beloved home? An engaging saga set in Victorian Norfolk, perfect for fans of Rosie Harris and Iris Gower.
A warm and funny account of what it is like to live in and run a National Trust house: Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk.
'Mary Mackie brings all her skill to keep you reading to the last page.' - YORKSHIRE GAZETTE AND HERALD. Eighteen-year-old Katarin is exiled from Germany to her grandmother's home in Norfolk. When, shortly after her arrival, she is cursed by her dying grandfather, Katarin struggles to comprehend the bitterness her mere presence seems to provoke in the household. She begins to realise that she is paying the price of her mother's past, a mystery that no one in her adopted English family will reveal. When the great war cuts Katarin off from her loved ones in Germany, she finds herself drawn to a man whose history is tragically entangled with her own...
She will uncover truths about herself that had previously been hidden...Lily Clare is the adopted daughter of the rector of Hewinghall. She has never been able to resist taking in waifs and strays. She brings home hungry cats, broken-winged birds, and one day, a filthy girl she finds starving and exhausted in the HewinghallJess Henefer .Lily is fiercely protective of Jess, protecting her from the servants' hostility and providing her with employment. But Lily, with her strange coloured eyes and her mysterious parentage, has never quite belonged in the smug world of Victorian Norfolk society. As they reach maturity, it is Jess who must become Lily's protector.A haunting saga set in Victorian Norfolk, perfect for fans of Iris Gower and Rosie Harris.
Román uvádí čtenáře do pohádkového světa pohanských kněží – druidů, všemocných mágů a věštců. Skutečné historické události a náboženské i sexuální zvyky keltského kmene Icénů tvoří osu románu, v němž autorská představivost vykouzlí vzrušující, svébytný vesmír. Za časů císaře Nerona poruší Římané smlouvu, kterou uzavřeli s Kelty obývajícími Britannii. Vojáci římských legií vtrhnou do tamních vesnic, znásilní icénské ženy a zajmou icénské muže. Královna keltských Icénů Boudicca se rozhodne, že s Římany zúčtuje a vytáhne proti nim do strašné, krvavé války. A tak žena, jejíž život byl pln odříkání, zklamání i osobních tragédií, pokořena ve své lidské i panovnické hrdosti, bere do ruky zbraň, aby se postavila proti krutým dobyvatelům. Její dcera Rhiannon se při pohanské rituálu, omámena nápojem stupňující touhu, oddá domnělému Bohu v podobě spanilého Faranna. Vpád Římanů milence rozdělí a Farann upadne do římského otroctví. Shledají se ještě někdy? Spatří Farann svého syna Niona? Jak skončí krvavá válka Icénů proti Římanům? Vyváznou naši hrdinové z lítých bitev bez úhony? Mohou být ještě někdy obnoveny prastaré kmenové obyčeje? Jak může vyjímečná žena naplnit svůj život? Co si má odříci a na čem má lpět, aby její ženská podstata zůstala nenarušena třebas i uprostřed bolestné skutečnosti? zdroj: legie.info... celý text
