Morland Dynasty 30: The Measure of Days

By Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Book Overview

1916. England is at war, and the Morland family is in the thick of it, with two men already in France and three more soon to go.

Tragedy strikes Morland Place when Jessie's husband Ned is reported missing on the Western Front. His father launches a desperate bid to find him, but the family fear the worst. Jessie, in mourning and frustrated by her job as an auxiliary nurse, goes to London to work in a military hospital. There she is reunited with her old friend Oliver, posted to the capital under the RAMC. Also in London is Violet, whose affair with the brilliant artist Octavian Laidislaw is about to erupt in scandal . . .

The Measure of Days paints a portrait of a family, and a nation, at war, at a pivotal point in history. With the onset of conscription, no one is left unaffected. Every man must hold himself in readiness; and every woman knows that when she says goodbye, it might be for the last time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0751533475
• ISBN13: 9780751533477
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Little Brown and Co. (UK)
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

I Loved This Book

I am so hooked on this ongoing literary soap opera. In this book, #30 in the Morland Dynasty series, The Measure of Days paints a portrait of a family, and a nation, at war during 1916. A time when it is starting to be obvious that this is going to be a very long and grim war. I found this to be a very moving book and one that accurately portrays how every family is effected. I am very pleased that the author took the time to give such an engrossing look at this important period in history.