Za války, 1918: Příslib naděje – Harrod-Eagles Cynthia (2021)

The war has been ongoing for the fourth year now and is exacting an ever higher toll. Even the older generation must enlist, including Edward Hunter, who has just been elevated to the nobility, but his relationship with Beattie is falling apart. David has been struggling with his severe war injury for a long time and is searching for a new place in life. William follows in his brother Bobby's footsteps and joins the air force, while Sadie dedicates herself more and more to work to forget her unrequited love. Diana, who has already paid an immense price to the war, is about to face another blow from fate. Even Ada, the cook, and other household members are in for revolutionary changes. And the suffering is far from over – food shortages, further attacks from German submarines, reports of heavy fighting on the Somme, where Allied forces find themselves on the brink of defeat, endless lists of the dead, a continuous stream of wounded from the front – how much more can a person endure? And another threat looms on the horizon – the Spanish flu, which is beginning to penetrate British soil from the battle trenches. Yet, there remains hope for an early end to the war and the return of the boys and men home...