A compelling saga from Margaret Dickinson, Fairfield Hall charts the
changing fortunes of Annabel Constantine, in the devastating lead up to
the First World War. Ruthlessly ambitious Ambrose Constantine is
determined that his daughter, Annabel, shall marry into the nobility. A
fish merchant and self-made man, he has only his wealth to buy his way
into society.When Annabel's secret meetings with Gilbert, a young man
employed at her father's offices, stop suddenly, she learns that he has
mysteriously disappeared. Heartbroken, she finds solace with her
grandparents on their Lincolnshire farm, but her father will not allow
her to hide herself in the countryside and enlists the help of a
business connection to launch his daughter into society. During the
London Season, Annabel is courted by James Lyndon, the Earl of
Fairfield, whose country estate is only a few miles from her
grandfather's farm. Believing herself truly loved at last, Annabel
accepts his offer of marriage. It is only when she arrives at Fairfield
Hall that she realizes the true reason behind James's proposal and the
part her scheming father has played.Throughout the years that follow,
Annabel experiences both heartache and joy, and the birth of her son
should finally secure the future of the Fairfield Estate. But there are
others who lay claim to the inheritance igniting a feud that will only
reach its resolution in the trenches of the First World War.
