About No Going Back by Susan Frances
Devonshire, England 1348: the plague is sweeping the land. Young Lord Thomas de Chiddleigh is sent home from school only to discover that the plague has reached his estate, forcing him to take on the role of Lord of the Manor.
Desperate to avoid the plague and save the few surviving people, Thomas leads them to a remote farmstead, intending to wait out the plague and return to his studies in the spring.
However, the farmstead is derelict and with few supplies, Thomas and his group face a perilous winter.
Tensions mount as the inexperienced Thomas clashes repeatedly with his workers, some of whom are harbouring dark secrets about his family.
Thomas’s life is further complicated when he meets Rulf, a young man who has levels of confidence Thomas can only dream of. As their friendship deepens, and past secrets are revealed, Thomas has to decide between the duty he hates, his burning passion for knowledge and his forbidden love.
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Author Bio:
I was born in a small village in Surrey, England.
I wrote stories from an early age and still have some of them from when I was 7 years old and the spellings are lovely!
I continued writing until exams and college took over.
As a child my summer holidays were always spent in Devon and I was fascinated by my grandfather’s tales about our Devon family roots.
Years later, I began to research the family history and many documents and files later, I wondered what to do with all the data I had accumulated. There was a situation in 1840 that made me think – Why did she do that? Did she do it? I could write a book about that! So began The Chiddleigh Saga.
I moved to Devon and lived in the village which formed the setting for No One Must Know, Book 1 of The Chiddleigh Saga.
I now live on the Devon coast and enjoy walking with my husband, Bill, and our dog, Monty.