Dawn of a Dark Age GARDENING When Merryn returns home for

When Merryn returns home for the memorial service of her ex-girlfriend Claud

She presents a wide range of architecture from medieval castles

whose upper-middle-class Jewish family celebrated Christmas and Hanukkah in Berlin as the turmoil of war

eleven-year-old Hester wins a place at Addington's Nautical Navigation Academy

and that connects her to a place she’d desperately hoped to leave behind forever

Dawn of a Dark Age GARDENING When Merryn returns home forPrince Rollos world is shattered by the death of his mother, Queen Ursula. But even before he can grieve he faces the bitter disappointment of being overlooked as his mothers heir in favour of his younger sister; as only the female line in Artors Royal family inherit the magical power to control the Great Bears of Artor (a talent every sovereign must possess). Seething with self loathing, grief and disappointment Rollo focuses his anger and resentment