The Morland Dynasty
Series of novels by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
The Morland Dynasty is a series of historical novels by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, in the genre of a family saga. They recount the lives of the Morland family of York, England and their national and international relatives and associates.
There are currently 35 books in the series. The first book begins in 1434 and features the Wars of the Roses; the most recent book begins in the 1931 and deals with the Great Depression. The book series in order according to the author's webpage:
Book number | Name | Publication date | Historical period |
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1 | The Founding | 1980 | 1434 – Wars of the Roses and Richard III of England |
2 | The Dark Rose | 1981 | 1501 – Henry VIII |
3 | The Princeling | 1981 | 1558 – Elizabeth I of England and Mary, Queen of Scots |
4 | The Oak Apple | 1982 | 1630 – Charles I; the English Civil War |
5 | The Black Pearl | 1982 | 1659 – Charles II; The Restoration |
6 | The Long Shadow | 1983 | 1670 – Charles II and James II |
7 | The Chevalier | 1984 | 1689 – William III and Mary II; Queen Anne; George I; The Old Pretender, Jacobite rising of 1715 |
8 | The Maiden | 1985 | 1720 – George I; George II; the Young Pretender (Bonnie Prince Charlie, Jacobite rising of 1745 |
9 | The Flood-Tide | 1986 | 1772 – George III; the American War of Independence |
10 | The Tangled Thread | 1987 | 1788 – The French Revolution; beginning of Industrial Revolution |
11 | The Emperor | 1988 | 1795 – Napoleon |
12 | The Victory | 1989 | 1803 |
13 | The Regency | 1990 | 1807 – The Napoleonic Wars; the Peninsular War; the Industrial Revolution |
14 | The Campaigners | 1991 | 1815 – The Hundred Days Campaign and Battle of Waterloo |
15 | The Reckoning | 1992 | 1816 – Post-war slump; Chartism; Pentrich Revolution; industrial progress |
16 | The Devil's Horse | 1993 | 1820 – George IV; the railway |
17 | The Poison Tree | 1994 | 1831 – William IV |
18 | The Abyss | 1995 | 1833 – William IV; Victoria |
19 | The Hidden Shore | 1996 | 1843 – The early Victorian era |
20 | The Winter Journey | 1997 | 1851 – The Mid-Victorian era; The Great Exhibition; the Crimean War |
21 | The Outcast | 1998 | 1857 – The American Civil War |
22 | The Mirage | 1999 | 1870 – High Victorian Age; Franco-Prussian War |
23 | The Cause | 2000 | 1874 – Women's Rights |
24 | The Homecoming | 2001 | 1885 – The Late Victorian era |
25 | The Question | 2002 | 1898 – Late Victorian/Edwardian; the Second Boer War; Automobiles; the Suffragettes |
26 | The Dream Kingdom | 2003 | 1908 – Edwardian era; Aviation |
27 | The Restless Sea | 2004 | 1912 – The Titanic; George V |
28 | The White Road | 2005 | 1914 – The beginning of World War I |
29 | The Burning Roses | 2006 | 1915 – World War I |
30 | The Measure of Days | 2007 | 1916 – World War I: Battle of the Somme |
31 | The Foreign Field | 2009 | 1917 – World War I: Battle of Passchendaele |
32 | The Fallen Kings | 2009 | 1918 – The end of World War I; Armistice of 11 November 1918; demobilisation |
33 | The Dancing Years | Nov 2010 | 1919 – Demobilisation and peace |
34 | The Winding Road | Nov 2011 | 1925 – The Jazz Age; Wall Street Crash of 1929 |
35 | The Phoenix | Sept 2013 | 1931 – Great Depression; Hollywood and the Talkies; Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson |
36 | The Gathering Storm | Aug 2024 | 1936 – Edward VIII abdication; the start of WWII |
See also
External links
- http://www.cynthiaharrodeagles.com – The author's website.
- http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Authors/H/173 – Publisher Little, Brown.
- http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/970918.The_Cause – Independent book review
- [1] – discussion group run by Morland fans for Morland fans