Cavendon Hall

Cavendon Hall
Barbara Taylor Bradford

A sweeping saga set around the aristocratic Ingham family of Cavendon Hall and the Swanns who serve them, set on the eve of World War 1.Two entwined families: the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve themOne stately home: Cavendon Hall, a grand imposing house nestled in the beautiful Yorkshire DalesA society beauty: Lady Daphne Ingham is the most beautiful of the Earl’s daugthers. Being presented at Court and then a glittering marriage is her destiny.But in the summer of 1913, a devastating event changes her future forever, and puts the House of Ingham at risk. Life as the families of Cavendon Hall know it – Royal Ascot, supper dances, grouse season feasts – is about to alter beyond recognition as the storm clouds of war gather.

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Source ISBN: 9780007503209

Ebook Edition © November 2014 ISBN: 9780007503193

Version: 2017-10-25

Dedication (#ulink_0a1f30e5-3264-572d-851b-96a6a4574d0c)

For Bob, with all my love always

CONTENTS

Cover (#u0dff62b7-9ea6-5021-9412-fe9177ce2a8f)

Title Page (#ufed80d9b-051a-59b5-929c-c7128497f74c)

Copyright (#ud1abadc6-6b6b-5cef-ad07-6a5010f67b76)

Dedication (#ue1b9c7a0-9118-586a-9503-0074ee9bb312)

Characters (#u941f499f-ba92-5e9e-adf9-6d7960d96510)

Part One: The Beautiful Girls of Cavendon May 1913 (#u834c54ac-c255-5f04-8d9a-ddd11a6dbe42)

Chapter One (#u9ddf1373-536f-522d-a378-148fb3072c10)

Chapter Two (#ub47893b8-44d2-5e90-9bf2-5a75bf6df63b)

Chapter Three (#u469da4e0-4ce6-58cc-8e17-61f0a77fbc1d)

Chapter Four (#u56c2ce00-76a3-56df-8bb7-a8d64de435c1)

Chapter Five (#u16344cf3-e381-50c0-90ca-ee5f9d1e841e)

Chapter Six (#u7a3ea310-efec-5729-891b-e80b92a08f09)

Chapter Seven (#ua53cdaed-efbe-5a7b-a5e9-d7d01f726e9e)

Chapter Eight (#u29968edc-0121-5b49-aec3-284c64f7680f)

Chapter Nine (#u0356c42a-475d-5f97-8c6a-75e01070d2da)

Chapter Ten (#u1be98356-f127-52c0-b9c7-2d2e5389efff)

Chapter Eleven (#ude0c8006-a989-5c06-8758-e3414ae132cb)

Chapter Twelve (#uba61e471-7351-5058-8835-6c847ac93895)

Chapter Thirteen (#u70b1a97d-291e-57d5-966d-01e1a348a231)

Chapter Fourteen (#ub40bc7e7-5cdd-50a4-835b-81eef3b345d3)

Part Two: The Last Summer July–September 1913 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Four (#litres_trial_promo)