Questa serie di narrativa storica per giovani adulti ci trasporta nel mondo dell'aristocrazia di fine secolo, un regno di rigide convenzioni sociali e intensi drammi personali. Seguiamo i percorsi di giovani protagonisti mentre affrontano la perdita, scoprono la propria identità e stringono legami significativi in tempi difficili. Le narrazioni sono ricche di profondità emotiva, romanticismo e vivide rappresentazioni di un'epoca passata.
A totally absorbing novel about twelve-year-old Christina who is sent to live with her fierce uncle and his two sons in their decaying mansion, Flambards. Christina discovers a passion for horses and riding but finds herself part of a strange household, divided by emotional undercurrents and cruelty.
Young sweethearts, Christina and Will, have left their lives in the countryside and are off to make their dreams come true. Will is determined to design and pilot flying machines, and Christina can only stand by while he risks everything to fulfil his ambition. But as the WWI approaches, Christina knows that she has bigger fears to face.
When Christina returns to Flambards in 1916, she finds the estate overgrown, deserted, and desolate. With the First World War well underway and all the men absent, she vows to return the manor house to its former glory. But when a familiar face appears at her door one day, all her plans are thrown into confusion . . .
When Christina marries, she hopes that life at Flambards will settle down at last. But when Mark returns from the First World War, Christina's loyalties are divided between tradition and progression, and between the two men who stand for such opposing values. She knows there is a terrible decision to be made . . .