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In 1914, Britain encounters a fresh kind of warfare. For Edward and Beatrice Hunter, their children, servants and neighbours, life won't be the same again. For David, the eldest, warfare means an opportunity to do something commendable; but enlisting will break his mother's center. His sister Diana, 19 and beautiful, longs for marriage. She has her heart place on Charles Wroughton, son of Earl Wroughton, but Charles won't be allowed to marry a banker's daughter. Below stairs, Cook and Ada, the top housemaid, increase more terrified of German invasion with every magazine atrocity account. Ethel, under housemaid, can't help herself when it comes to men and now soldiers add to the enticement; yet there's more to the flighty lady than meets the eye.The once-tranquil town of Northcote reels under an influx of khaki volunteers, wounded troops and Belgian refugees. The warfare is becoming more dangerous and everyone must discover a way to adapt to this swiftly changing world. Goodbye Piccadilly is the first booklet in the Battle at Home series by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, writer of the much-loved Morland Dynasty books. Set against the real happenings of 1914, Goodbye Piccadilly is extraordinary in opportunity and imagination and is also a compelling release to the Hunter family.
