The Morland Dynasty

Series of novels by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

The Morland Dynasty is a series of historical novels by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, in the genre of a family saga. They recount the lives of the Morland family of York, England and their national and international relatives and associates.

There are currently 35 books in the series. The first book begins in 1434 and features the Wars of the Roses; the most recent book begins in the 1931 and deals with the Great Depression. The book series in order according to the author's webpage:

Book number  | Name  | Publication date  | Historical period

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1  | The Founding | 1980  | 1434 – Wars of the Roses and Richard III of England
2  | The Dark Rose | 1981  | 1501 – Henry VIII
3  | The Princeling | 1981  | 1558 – Elizabeth I of England and Mary, Queen of Scots
4  | The Oak Apple | 1982  | 1630 – Charles I; the English Civil War
5  | The Black Pearl | 1982  | 1659 – Charles II; The Restoration
6  | The Long Shadow | 1983  | 1670 – Charles II and James II
7  | The Chevalier | 1984  | 1689 – William III and Mary II; Queen Anne; George I; The Old Pretender, Jacobite rising of 1715
8  | The Maiden | 1985  | 1720 – George I; George II; the Young Pretender (Bonnie Prince Charlie, Jacobite rising of 1745
9  | The Flood-Tide | 1986  | 1772 – George III; the American War of Independence
10  | The Tangled Thread | 1987  | 1788 – The French Revolution; beginning of Industrial Revolution
11  | The Emperor | 1988  | 1795 – Napoleon
12  | The Victory | 1989  | 1803
13  | The Regency | 1990  | 1807 – The Napoleonic Wars; the Peninsular War; the Industrial Revolution
14  | The Campaigners | 1991  | 1815 – The Hundred Days Campaign and Battle of Waterloo
15  | The Reckoning | 1992  | 1816 – Post-war slump; Chartism; Pentrich Revolution; industrial progress
16  | The Devil's Horse | 1993  | 1820 – George IV; the railway
17  | The Poison Tree | 1994  | 1831 – William IV
18  | The Abyss | 1995  | 1833 – William IV; Victoria
19  | The Hidden Shore | 1996  | 1843 – The early Victorian era
20  | The Winter Journey | 1997  | 1851 – The Mid-Victorian era; The Great Exhibition; the Crimean War
21  | The Outcast | 1998  | 1857 – The American Civil War
22  | The Mirage | 1999  | 1870 – High Victorian Age; Franco-Prussian War
23  | The Cause | 2000  | 1874 – Women's Rights
24  | The Homecoming | 2001  | 1885 – The Late Victorian era
25  | The Question | 2002  | 1898 – Late Victorian/Edwardian; the Second Boer War; Automobiles; the Suffragettes
26  | The Dream Kingdom | 2003  | 1908 – Edwardian era; Aviation
27  | The Restless Sea | 2004  | 1912 – The Titanic; George V
28  | The White Road | 2005  | 1914 – The beginning of World War I
29  | The Burning Roses | 2006  | 1915 – World War I
30  | The Measure of Days | 2007  | 1916 – World War I: Battle of the Somme
31  | The Foreign Field | 2009  | 1917 – World War I: Battle of Passchendaele
32  | The Fallen Kings | 2009  | 1918 – The end of World War I; Armistice of 11 November 1918; demobilisation
33  | The Dancing Years | Nov 2010  | 1919 – Demobilisation and peace
34  | The Winding Road | Nov 2011  | 1925 – The Jazz Age; Wall Street Crash of 1929
35  | The Phoenix | Sept 2013  | 1931 – Great Depression; Hollywood and the Talkies; Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson
36  | The Gathering Storm | Aug 2024  | 1936 – Edward VIII abdication; the start of WWII

## See also

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* Cultural depictions of Henry VIII
* Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

## External links

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* http://www.cynthiaharrodeagles.com – The author's website.
* http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Authors/H/173 – Publisher Little, Brown.
* http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/970918.The_Cause – Independent book review
* [1] – discussion group run by Morland fans for Morland fans