K. M. Peyton

Every so often a great racehorse is born. This is the tale of such a horse, Buffoon, and Tessa, the girl closest to him.

Josie has just finished her last term at school when the country hears of the heroic evacuation of the troops from Dunkirk. Her mother, worried about a possible invasion, decides to send Josie from London, to stay with an aunt and uncle in the country. There she meets the Peterson brothers, and is drawn into a tangled web of romance.

When Jenny's grandfather buys a wild colt, she is both thrilled and horrified. A racing colt is a frightening responsibility, but Jenny's hopes for the horse are clouded by dark family secrets.

Christina and Will have left Flambards for London where they find a new set of problems, particularly as Will is determined to design and pilot flying machines!  Book 2 of series.

The Norsemen are advancing and Edmund, immobilized by a broken leg, can only wait for death. Instead of killing him the raiders take him as a slave and in this new life Edmund must fight to stay alive.

The story of young orphan girl, Christina, who goes to live in the country with her uncle and cousins before the outbreak of the First World War.  Book 1 of series.

With the First World War coming to an end, Christina feels the time has come to leave the past behind and make a new future for herself. But she finds her loyalties divided between tradition and progression, and between the two men who stand for such opposing values. She knows there is a terrible decision to be made . . .   Book 4 of series.

Widowed during the First World War, Christina returns to a very different Flambards. The paddocks are overgrown and the stables are empty. She sets herself the task of returning the place to its former glory. Book 3 of series

Minna is a blacksmith’s daughter who succeeds in raising a sickly abandoned foal, turning him into the pride of the Roman cavalry.

Roman servant girl Minna has run away to the big city on her beloved horse, Silva. Hopelessly in love with the courageous commander Theo, her only thought is to gain his admiration - whatever it takes, but when Minna puts her plan into action, she sparks a deadly chain of events from which there can be no turning back.