The Dream Kingdom by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

The Dream Kingdom by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

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As Jessie and Violet enjoy their coming-out in the glittering Season of 1908, their thoughts are of pleasure, dancing and falling in love. It is an exciting age, with new technologies, but under the illusion of permanence a different reality is stirring, and war looms.

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The Dream Kingdom by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Edwardian England is a country at the peak of its power; a kingdom of peace, prosperity and progress. As Jessie and Violet enjoy their coming-out in the glittering Season of 1908, their thoughts are of pleasure, dancing and falling in love. For the Morlands things seem set fair: new business ventures expand their influence and wealth; there are weddings, babies in the nursery, careers for the boys now reaching manhood. It is an exciting age, with new technologies - motor cars, telephones, radio, aeroplanes - extending man's control over the natural world. But under the appearance of permanence, a different reality is stirring. Socialism, the suffrage movement, the constitutional crisis, all call forth ever more dissent and anger. Increasingly violent protests and strikes disturb the peace; war with Germany looms ever closer. With the King's death, it begins to seem that the safe Edwardian world was only a dream, from which the wakening will be hard indeed. www.cynthiaharrodeagles.com
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles is the author of the contemporary Bill Slider Mystery series as well as the Morland Dynasty novels. Her passions are music, wine, horses, architecture and the English countryside.
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ISBN 13 9780316860055
ISBN 10 0316860050
Title The Dream Kingdom
Author Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Series The Morland Dynasty
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Little, Brown & Company
Year published 2003-01-11
Number of pages 640
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.