Netherwood

THE novel for fans of period drama. If you watched Downton Abbey, Cranford and Larkrise to Candleford, this is the book for you.

Zusatztext A romping tale of history! ambition! greed and survival Informationen zum Autor A former BBC radio producer! married to author and journalist Brian Viner! Jane Sanderson has used some of her own family history as background for her first novel. Klappentext Eve Williams is about to discover just how the other half really live ... Above stairs: Lord Hoyland keeps his considerable fortune ticking over with the profits from his three coal mines in the vicinity. It's just as well the coal is of the highest quality as the upkeep of Netherwood Hall! his splendid estate on the outskirts of town! doesn't come cheap. And that's not to mention the cost of keeping his wife and daughters in the latest fashions-- and keeping the heir to the Hoyland wealth! the charming but feckless Tobias! out of trouble. Below stairs: Eve Williams! is the wife of one of Lord Hoyland's most stalwart employees. When her ordered existence amid the terraced rows of the miners' houses is brought crashing down by the twin arrivals of tragedy and charity! Eve must look to her own self-sufficiency! and talent! to provide for her three young children. And it s then that 'upstairs' and 'downstairs' collide in truly dramatic fashion THE novel for fans of period drama. If you watched Downton Abbey, Cranford and Larkrise to Candleford, this is the book for you. Zusammenfassung THE novel for fans of period drama. If you watched Downton Abbey, Cranford and Larkrise to Candleford, this is the book for you.

A romping tale of history, ambition, greed and survival

Autorentext
A former BBC radio producer, married to author and journalist Brian Viner, Jane Sanderson has used some of her own family history as background for her first novel.

Klappentext

Eve Williams is about to discover just how the other half really live ...

Above stairs: Lord Hoyland keeps his considerable fortune ticking over with the profits from his three coal mines in the vicinity. It's just as well the coal is of the highest quality as the upkeep of Netherwood Hall, his splendid estate on the outskirts of town, doesn't come cheap. And that's not to mention the cost of keeping his wife and daughters in the latest fashions-- and keeping the heir to the Hoyland wealth, the charming but feckless Tobias, out of trouble.

Below stairs: Eve Williams, is the wife of one of Lord Hoyland's most stalwart employees. When her ordered existence amid the terraced rows of the miners' houses is brought crashing down by the twin arrivals of tragedy and charity, Eve must look to her own self-sufficiency, and talent, to provide for her three young children. And it s then that 'upstairs' and 'downstairs' collide in truly dramatic fashion