country homes

Bridget Sweeny thinks her new job as caretaker for the Bodmin manor-house Rospetroc is the perfect chance for her and her daughter to start their lives over, but as they settle into their new home, Bridget fears the local legends are true and that they are not alone in the rambling house.

In the summer of 1765, portrait painter Joshua Pope accepts a commission to paint the wedding portrait of Herbert Bentnick and his fiance, Sabine Mercer, but when Bentnick accuses Joshua of theft, Joshua must find a way to clear his name and salvage his reputation.

For months after her death, the memory of Rebecca de Winter continues to dominate everyone at her former home, Manderley, one of the most famous English country houses.

Miss Fanny Price, the poor relation of a wealthy family, possesses only natural goodness to aid her against a witty and lovely rival as they compete for the man they both love.

The second Mrs. Maxim de Winter finds it difficult and frightening to live in the shadow of her predecessor, a situation that is exacerbated by her husband's moodiness, and the presence of sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers.

Describes the Roman country homes called villas, including how and why they were built, and the Roman customs and culture at the height of the Roman Empire.

When a little girl is abandoned on a ship going to Australia in 1913 and arrives with only her clothes and a book of fairy tales, she is raised by the dockmaster and his wife as their own; as a young woman, she travels to England where, over time, her own granddaughter eventually assembles the pieces of her life's puzzle.

The portrait of a perfect English butler and of his fading, insular world in postwar England. He begins to question whether his long-time service to Lord Darlington was truly given to what he thought was "a great gentleman".

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are drawn into a bizarre mystery when an oddly familiar stranger arrives on their doorstep with a wild tale about the enigmatic Marsh Hughenfort, younger brother of the Duke of Beauville.