The Remnants

The Remnants begins in Edwardian England and follows the story of Danny and Rose through their desperate struggle to hold on to their love - and their lives, during a time of momentous change. Danny Pulbrook is a handsome and rebellious young man. Born the bastard son of a minor royal and orphaned at birth he is determined to find a new life far beyond his "pre-ordained oblivion." His only way out - a forced enlistment into the army brings him to an inevitable confrontation with his own demons in the cauldron of the first world war. Rose Quayle is a beautiful and confident hazel-eyed housemaid who, like her mother and her mother's mother is employed in service at Meaford House - an expansive vice-regal estate near Tunbridge Wells. Like Danny she longs for a life beyond the tyranny of the rigid class system that defines her humble destiny. Their chance meeting becomes the catalyst that changes both of their lives forever. The Remnants spans four continents and is a true emotional rollercoaster. Told through the lives of two young lovers it's a legacy of love and loss, passion, despair and quiet redemption; the profound story of enduring human spirit amid the agony of chaos and devastation. ..... "Downton Abbey" meets "Atonement." 9781456623647 1456623648 466 Fiction NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=l9sUrgEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• • Author: W. P. Osborn
• • Publisher: Ebookit.Com
• • Publication Date: Jan 02, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 466 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1456623648
• • ISBN-13: 9781456623647