The Wild Dark Flowers
A Novel of Rutherford Park
Elizabeth Cooke
- “I
- found
- myself
- addicted
- to
- Rutherford
- Park,
- much
- as
- I
- was
- to
- Downton
- Abbey”
- (Margaret
- Wurtele
- on
- Rutherford
- Park).
- Now
- comes
- the
- new
- novel
- of
- Rutherford
- Park
- by
- the
- acclaimed
- Elizabeth
- Cooke…When
- May
- came
- that
- year
- in
- Rutherford,
- it
- was
- more
- beautiful
- than
- anyone
- could
- ever
- remember.
- More
- beautiful,
- and
- more
- terrible…From
- inside
- their
- sprawling
- estate
- of
- Rutherford
- Park,
- the
- Cavendish
- family
- had
- a
- privileged
- perspective
- of
- the
- world.
- On
- the
- first
- morning
- in
- May,
- 1915,
- with
- a
- splendid
- view
- that
- reached
- across
- the
- gardens
- to
- the
- Vale
- of
- York,
- nothing
- seemed
- lovelier
- or
- less
- threatening.
- And
- yet…At
- the
- risk
- of
- undoing
- the
- Cavendish
- name
- with
- scandal,
- William
- and
- Octavia
- Cavendish
- have
- been
- living
- a
- lie,
- maintaining
- a
- marriage
- out
- of
- duty
- rather
- than
- passion.
- But
- when
- their
- son
- Harry
- joins
- the
- Royal
- Flying
- Corps
- in
- France,
- the
- Cavendish
- family
- are
- forced
- to
- face
- the
- unavoidable
- truths
- about
- themselves,
- the
- society
- in
- which
- they
- thrive,
- and
- the
- secrets
- they
- can
- no
- longer
- bear.In
- the
- wake
- of
- a
- terrible
- war,
- the
- emotional
- shifts
- between
- a
- husband
- and
- a
- wife,
- a
- wife
- and
- her
- lover,
- and
- a
- mother
- and
- her
- children,
- will
- shake
- the
- very
- foundation
- of
- the
- Cavendish
- family,
- and
- change
- the
- uniquely
- vulnerable
- lives
- of
- all
- who
- reside
- at
- Rutherford Park.
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