Emily worries that she might have a rival for his affections. The war changes Walter into an efficient army officer who demands to be obeyed. When Walter volunteers for the army, Emily and her son are evacuated to a rat infested cottage in a farming community near Hebden Bridge. Their air raid shelter is destroyed by a direct hit. The family experience rationing and the terror of bombing.

Emily's actions will see her struggle to survive the subsequent devastation brought about by the war, as she and her four year old son are thrown into the midst of danger and death. She sees marriage as a partnership of equals and resolves to elope to escape such a male dominated society. Could this modest, unassuming beauty be the ideal bride he seeks for Richard? Show bookĮmily falls passionately in love with working class Walter, despite fierce opposition from her class conscious father. Like manna from heaven, a beautiful young grey-eyed waif calls to him for help for her ailing father as he rides through his estate. With Richard at death’s door, the Duke is determined that he shall find a more suitable young beauty to mend his broken heart to marry him and thwart Lady Delyth’s scheming ways. To the Duke’s horror, Richard’s heart is bewitched by society siren and acclaimed beauty Lady Delyth Maulden – and disaster turns to tragedy when Richard finds his beloved in the arms of another, shoots him and turns his gun on himself. To continue the family line, he is counting on his cousin and heir presumptive Richard to marry well and produce a son. Imperious, handsome and gallant in battle, the Duke of Kingswood has stolen the hearts of many society Belles – but he is ‘a block of ice which nobody can melt’, determined never to marry. The Duke & The Preachers Daughter Barbara Cartland

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