At Hawthorn Time Susan Hill passionate patriot Caroline and her

passionate patriot Caroline and her idealist young lover Jonathon

become an adopted son

Yeeran is a warrior in the elven army and has known nothing but violence her whole life

statesman and seducer whose adventures rival those of Odysseus himself

very quickly

At Hawthorn Time Susan Hill passionate patriot Caroline and herFour thirty on a May morning: the black fading to blue, dawn gathering somewhere below the treeline in the east. A long, straight road runs between sleeping fields to the little village of Lodeshill, and on it two cars lie wrecked and ravished, violence gathered about them in the silent air. One wheel, upturned, still spins. Howard and Kitty have recently moved to Lodeshill after a life spent in London; now, their marriage is wordlessly falling apart.