#1 – Wideacre
In the 1770s Beatrice Lacey is devoted to Wideacre, her family’s Sussex estate, but inheritance law reserves the land for her brother Harry. Refusing the restricted future planned for her, she begins a calculated campaign to control the estate through secrecy, seduction and marriage. Beatrice’s determination…
#2 – The Favoured Child
Wideacre is burdened by debt and the consequences of Beatrice Lacey’s rule. Her daughter Julia and nephew Richard grow up together as possible heirs, but their different relationships with the estate and its tenants create rivalry. Julia develops an intuitive attachment to the land and tries…
#3 – Meridon
Meridon grows up performing with a travelling show, haunted by dreams of a place she cannot identify. After loss and betrayal, she discovers that her origins are connected to Wideacre and enters the genteel world from which she was separated as a child. Claiming an inheritance…