The Broken Gate (The Cresswell Inheritance Book One): Bk.1 - Softcover

Burgh, Anita

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9780752860701: The Broken Gate (The Cresswell Inheritance Book One): Bk.1

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752860704 ISBN 13: 9780752860701

Publisher: Orion, 2004

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It is winter, 1901. The ancient fa�ade of Cresswell Manor surveys a vast and rich estate - but the land has fallen into decay. A broken gate hangs open - always about to be mended - while the workers' cottages are in dire need of repair. Mortimer Cresswell is an old man now, about to breathe his last, and at his deathbed the members of his family hover, waiting to scrap over his fortune. Only Hannah, Mortimer's daughter, can see that the family has become consumed by private ambition, jealousy and greed.

When Stanislas von Ehrlich, a self-made man of fortune, moves into the neighbourhood, the natural order of things changes. Stanislas - ruthless in his desire to succeed - has his eye on Mortimer's land, but the Cresswells refuse to sell, sparking a massive feud. Where tempers flare, passion may follow. Esmeralda von Ehrlich - headstrong, spoilt and beautiful - has never been refused. When she finds herself drawn to a member of the Cresswell household, she is determined to exact her will and exercise her desire.

Bound to one another by conflict, passion and betrayal, both families are set on a collision course so powerful, it will completely alter their world.

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Review:

"Fans of the Forsyte Saga will love this cracking historical drama... filled with all those poisonous feuds and fiery forbidden passions." (WOMAN'S OWN, 27 September)

From the Author:

I wanted to write this series of books because that period of history has always interested me. There were so many changes in the lives of the people living then and with the First World War society changed never to be the same again.
I concentrated on those who did not go to fight, the women, the children and the men who were left behind.
I want to write the series up to the start of the Second World War.
I have set the book on a West Country estate using it as a microcosm of the country as a whole.

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