Publisher's Synopsis
The Second World War has ended but the world has changed. For the Jago family, life will have to continue without their son, Kit, killed in action a week before peace was declared. Their rambling old home is in severe disrepair and needs more money than the destitute aristocratic family can afford. In an act of desperation, Virginia Jago brings in Charles Garland from the little known National Trust, a fledgling charity concerned with renovating the crumbling stately homes of the British Isles. But Charles faces opposition from both the family and the local community, as he represents a modern world at odds with Lizzah and life before the war...
