October 1891, and guests are arriving at Worsted Skeynes for the covert shoot. Squire Horace Pendyce believes in land, heirs and the established order, but his son George is in love with Mrs. Bellew, a married woman whose husband threatens divorce. Caught between them is Margery Pendyce, the squire’s quiet wife, whose courage surprises everyone.
A sharp, humane satire of the Edwardian landed gentry from the author of The Forsyte Saga. Download the free EPUB.