Blogs in January 1970

Rogue Herries 1st January 1970

Rogue Herries tells the story of the larger than life Francis Herries who uproots his family from Yorkshire and brings them to live in Borrowdale where their life is as dramatic as the landscape surrounding them. Proud, violent and...

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Judith Paris 1st January 1970

This is the second in the Herries Chronicles. Set partly in Revolutionary Paris, and partly in romantic Cumbria, Judith Paris is the story of the two very different men who love Walpole’s most delightful heroine. Daughter of Frances Herries...

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The Fortress 1st January 1970

The third in the Heries Chronicles….It had been the wish of her whole life to flee from all the Herries, but Walter Herries had challenged her, and she had taken up the challenge’. Judith Paris, now middle aged returns...

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Vanessa 1st January 1970

The fourth and final book in the Herries Chronicles. The fourth and final volume of the Herries Chronicles, described as ‘incomparably the best’ in The Daily Telegraph is a love story of ‘effortless brilliance’ (Observer) which starts with the...

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