Dimensions
135 x 216 x 51mm
Book 26.
London, May 1908. It is the height of Edwardian England, and Jessie Compton has travelled down from Morland Place, the Yorkshire home and ancient seat of the Morland family, to enjoy the delights of the Season. Sharing her debut is her dearest friend and distant cousin, Violet Winchmore. Their business is to secure an honourable offer of marriage. For Violet, daughter of an earl, there will be other opportunities, but it is Jessie's one chance to catch the eye of the man who has already captured her heart - Lord Brancaster.
At Morland Place the master, Jessie's uncle Teddy, sees his business expanding, and when the keels are laid in Belfast for the new super-liners "Olympic" and "Titanic", he secures a lucrative contract to supply the furnishings. His private life is prospering too, and he brings home a new wife - to the anxiety of his sister Henrietta, who knows there can't be two mistresses of the house, and who fears she and her family may have to leave.
