Penmarric

The inheritance is Penmarric, a huge gaunt house in Corwall belonging to the tempestuous, hot-blooded Castellacks: Janna Roslyn, a beautiful village girl who becomes mistress of Laurence Casellack, wife to his son... From 1890 to the end of World War Two the fateful passions and cheequered fortunes of this rich, landed family (and their illegitimate Parrish brothers) are recreated with the clash of character and the sweep of narrative that mark the emergence of a major new storyteller.