In 1880 Stuart, Lord Carrington, commissions a magnificent ruby and diamond necklace for his beautiful wife Beatrice, to celebrate the birth of their first child. However their happiness is short lived as tragedy strikes the aristocratic Carrington family. The beautiful lattice necklace is closely interwoven into a story that will span the lives of five generations of Carrington women. It is worn with pride, hidden away, lost, stolen and found again as Beatrice, Helen, Katherine, Carole and Linda face the highs and lows of their lives against the back ground of a rapidly changing Britain. Through two World Wars, the industrial revolution, the merging of the social classes and the growth of women's independence, love, loss, passion and tragedy will follow these fascinating women, until Linda finally unlocks the secrets of the Carrington family, and their story comes full circle.
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