Za války, 1916: Země mých snů – Harrod-Eagles Cynthia (2019)

The third installment of the epic family saga follows the further fates of the Hunter family. It is the year 1916, and it is becoming increasingly clear that the end of the war, which was originally supposed to last only a few months, is nowhere in sight. Beatrice Hunter unexpectedly encounters her long-lost love, and her marriage to Edward is nearly in ruins. Their beautiful daughter Diana, whose fiancé has fallen, is struggling to recover from her loss and unexpectedly grows close to Lady Wroughton, in whose house she meets her second son. Sadie continues her dream job, helping to train horses for the army. However, she is worried about her older brother David, whose engagement to the frivolous naive Sophia surprised everyone in the family and who has become a closed-off, distant man after being injured at the front. The younger brother Bobby is also preparing to go to war. He is drawn to flying and, full of youthful desire for glory and adventure, heads to France, where, with the approaching autumn, a battle at the Somme is looming... The book masterfully depicts the environment of old England, where the Victorian spirit still survives: the grand houses, where a large staff takes care of the comfort of the gentry, as we know from the popular series Downton Abbey. But gradually, life begins to change under the influence of war...