Softly Grow The Poppies

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Set against the background of World War I and two stately homes that became hospitals for the wounded, Softly Grow The Poppies is an epic saga of love and war.Rose Beechworth is mistress of a charming country house, left to her by her wealthy father. In the summer of 1914, her friend Alice Weatherly, a spoilt but lovable heiress, longs to kiss Captain Charlie Summers goodbye. When Rose accompanies Alice to Liverpool's Lime Street Station, she meets Charlie's brother Harry ... and falls head over heels in love.As the war takes its terrible toll, Alice becomes a wayward heroine, while Rose finds herself running not one but two great houses, and it seems impossible that any of them will ever find happiness again ...