MedlockMrs Medlock is the dutiful housekeeper at Marwood Manor. One of the few remaining staff, she protects a dying aristocratic order, serving the Lord and Lady and caring for their sickly young son. For over the past twenty years, Mrs Medlock has become the keeper of secrets. Secrets of the family. Secrets of her own. Secrets that may be found in the manor's walled garden, out of sight but not forgotten. When a distant relative, Mary, arrives at the

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Many years later

the Cellan-Jones-Coyle family said goodbye to their beloved elderly Collie Cross

deploying a panoply of voices

each one rendered with a novelist's eye for detail and drama

To take the risks worth taking

this temporary refuge becomes his home away from home for a decade

Virginia wrote in her diary that she didn't think much of Vita's conversation

Princess Victoria

& with Hitler's armies rampaging across Europe

And how far will she go to save someone's children

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