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"I got in Paris the day the French Army was mobilized." In 1914, while going to her friend Madeleine, Lady Elspeth Douglas's life is thrown into chaos when war breaks out and the Germans quickly overrun Belgium, threatening France. Having just agreed to marry Alain, Madeleine's dashing sibling, Lady Elspeth pieces him leave to join his product, and then she packages out for Britain, only to find herself trapped on the French shoreline. Caught amid a sea of stranded travelers, terrified refugees, and wounded men overflowing the dock of Calais, the restless Elspeth - girl of a Highland aristocrat whose recognized family can trace its roots back again to the courtroom of Mary, Queen of Scots - makes a decision to make herself useful, taking normal water to weary troops near the Entrance. It really is an act of charity that almost gets her killed when foe shells get started to explode around her. To her save comes Captain Peter Gilchrist, who pulls her away from the fight and leads her to security. But before they can properly say good-bye, Elspeth and Peter are separated. Back in London, encircled by familiar conveniences, Elspeth is haunted by the horrors she witnessed in France. She also cannot your investment gallant Peter Gilchrist, even though she's guaranteed herself to Alain. Altered by her experience, Elspeth would go to London and enrolls in a nursing course, where she matches a fellow nurse in training, Bess Crawford. It really is a daring move, made with no consent of Elspeth's guardian, her cousin Kenneth, a high-handed man with rigid notions of course and femininity. Yet Elspeth Douglas is a woman with a mind of her own, which - as she herself says-is a blessing and a curse. She actually is determined to come back to the battlefields of France to do her part . . . and find the person she's no right to love, no subject what lengths Cousin Kenneth may go to stop her. But before she can placed things right with Alain, he runs missing and then Peter is gravely wounded. In a world filled with terror and uncertainty, can the sweetness of love endure or will Elspeth's stressed heart become another casualty of the terrible war? A poignant, compelling tale brimming with trip, threat, and love, The Walnut Tree is an enchanting holiday present and a wonderful partner to Charles Todd's acclaimed Bess Crawford series.

Category: Historical