Shadows Over Castle Rising — Fanny Cradock

Continuing the saga of the Lorme family between 1910 and 1914, Shadows Over Castle Rising chronicles Britain - nation and empire - at a time when all is changing as the beloved Edward dies and the Great War comes. Newcomers will be as enthralled by the new volume as those who are already familiar with the first part of the trilogy, The Lormes Of Castle Rising.

Once again, Fanny Cradock has excelled in her ability to recapture the splendor of the Edwardian era, an age of opulence and elegance. Caught up in the national and their personal mourning, Petula Danement and Henry Lorme postpone their wedding and separately travel abroad. Lady Aynthorp, Henry's mother, will always remember this period as the "Lull" when she could watch her children grow and enjoy the quiet life provided by privilege and money.

Henry and Petula's wedding, then bringing the young girls out into society, as well as several scandals, occupy the family but become almost insignificant as all the young men go off to fight and those members of the family left at home prepare for what cannot be anything but hurt as the "war to end all wars" begins.