The Honours

Description

It is 1935 and war is looming in Great Britain. Alderberen Hall is a sprawling country estate shadowed by suspicion and paranoia. Thirteen-year-old Delphine Venner is determined to uncover the secrets of the elite society that has taken in her mother and unstable father. As she explores the house and discovers the secret network of hidden passages that thread through the estate, Delphine uncovers a world more dark and dangerous than she ever imagined. With the help of head gamekeeper Mr Garforth, Delphine must learn the bloody lessons of war and find the soldier in herself in time to battle the deadly forces amassing in the woods.