Caroline Harvey

Joanna Trollope writing as Caroline Harvey tells an enchanting story which captures the warmth and romance of Malta as well as the dramatic sufferings during World War 2.

Caroline Harding, already twenty-six and bullied by her sister, was plain and nervous in company, and had no marriage prospects at all. So when Johnny Gates sent her a proposal, she was forced to accept, and found herself sailing for India to marry a man she hadn't seen for eight years..

In 1899 the lives of many young men are threatened in the bloody battles of the Boer War. Young Matthew Paget enlists to go to South Africa as a trooper. He goes in search of adventure, only to find himself caught up in the turmoil of this beautiful but tragically divided country - and in love with a girl on the enemy side.

The Taverners have lived at Buscombe for generations, but as a new generation takes over in 1870 agricultural depression hits the estate, suddenly making the world seem less secure!