The Morland Dynasty is a series of historical novels by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles is a prolific and successful British novelist, best known for her Morland Dynasty series.Cynthia Harrod-Eagles was born in Shepherd's Bush, London and educated at Burlington School. Her first successful novel was The Waiting Game , and she became a full-time writer in...

, based around the Morland family of York

York

York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 and their national and international relatives and associates.

There are currently thirty-two books in the series. The first book begins in 1434 and features the Wars of the Roses

Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic civil wars for the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the houses of Lancaster and York...

; the most recent book begins in 1918 and deals with the end of World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, the Armistice

Armistice

An armistice is a situation in a war where the warring parties agree to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, but may be just a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace...

 and demobilisation. The book series in order according to the author's webpage:

Book number	Name	Publication date	Historical period
1	The Founding	1980	1434 - Wars of the Roses Wars of the Roses The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic civil wars for the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the houses of Lancaster and York...  and Richard III of England Richard III of England Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty...
2	The Dark Rose	1981	1501 - Henry VIII Henry VIII of England Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
3	The Princeling	1981	1558 - Elizabeth I Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...  and Mary, Queen of Scots
4	The Oak Apple	1982	1630 - Charles I Charles I of England Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles... ; the Civil War
5	The Black Pearl	1982	1659 - Charles II Charles II of England Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War... ; The Restoration
6	The Long Shadow	1983	1670 - Charles II and James II James II of England James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
7	The Chevalier	1984	1689 - William and Mary William and Mary The phrase William and Mary usually refers to the coregency over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, of King William III & II and Queen Mary II... ; Queen Anne Anne of Great Britain Anne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Act of Union, two of her realms, England and Scotland, were united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.Anne's Catholic father, James II and VII, was deposed during the... ; George I George I of Great Britain George I was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698.... ; The Old Pretender (1715 Rebellion)
8	The Maiden	1985	1720 - George I; George II George II of Great Britain George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany... ; the Young Pretender (Bonnie Prince Charlie, 1745 Rebellion)
9	The Flood-Tide	1986	1772 - George III George III of the United Kingdom George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death... ; the American War of Independence American Revolution The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
10	The Tangled Thread	1987	1788 - The French Revolution; beginning of Industrial Revolution Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions of the times...
11	The Emperor	1988	1795 - Napoleon
12	The Victory	1989	1803
13	The Regency	1990	1807 - The Napoleonic Wars Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to... ; the Peninsular Campaign; the Industrial Revolution Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions of the times...
14	The Campaigners	1991	1815 - The Hundred Days Campaign Hundred Days The Hundred Days, sometimes known as the Hundred Days of Napoleon or Napoleon's Hundred Days for specificity, marked the period between Emperor Napoleon I of France's return from exile on Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815...  and Battle of Waterloo Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...
15	The Reckoning	1992	1816 - Post-war slump; Chartism; Pentrich Revolution; industrial progress
16	The Devil's Horse	1993	1820 - George IV George IV of the United Kingdom George IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later... ; the railway
17	The Poison Tree	1994	1831 - William IV William IV of the United Kingdom William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death...
18	The Abyss	1995	1833 - William IV; Victoria Victoria of the United Kingdom Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....
19	The Hidden Shore	1996	1843 - The early Victorian era Victorian era The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...
20	The Winter Journey	1997	1851 - The Mid-Victorian era; The Great Exhibition The Great Exhibition The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations or The Great Exhibition, sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held, was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October... ; The Crimean War
21	The Outcast	1998	1857 - The American Civil War American Civil War The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
22	The Mirage	1999	1870 - High Victorian Age; Franco-Prussian War Franco-Prussian War The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and...
23	The Cause	2000	1874 - Women's Rights Women's rights Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed...
24	The Homecoming	2001	1885 - The Late Victorian era
25	The Question	2002	1898 - Late Victorian/Edwardian; the Second Boer War Second Boer War The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State... ; Automobiles; the Suffragettes
26	The Dream Kingdom	2003	1908 - Edwardian period; Aviation Aviation Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...
27	The Restless Sea	2004	1912 - The Titanic; George V George V of the United Kingdom George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
28	The White Road	2005	1914 - The beginning of World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
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; demobilisation
33	The Dancing Years	Nov 2010	1919 - Demobilisation and peace
34	The Winding Road	Nov 2011	1925 - The Jazz Age; Wall Street Crash

The Founding begins with the marriage of the heir of Edward Morland, sheep farmer, to a wealthy ward of Lord Edmund Beaufort. Robert Morland and Eleanor Courtney are brought together through a barter, a young lady to grace the Morland's home for Morland's money. Robert is the second son of Edward Morland, whose first son and namesake, Edward dies along with his mother of the "belly-gripe." Eleanor, having been brought up in the Beaufort household, has fallen in love with Richard, future Duke of York, although there was no hope for her marriage to so high a lord.

External links

• 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
• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/morlandplace - discussion group run by Morland fans for Morland fans