Bücher der Reihe Claybourne Trilogy

Butterflies symbolize hope to Lady Lily Claybourne. They also symbolize transformation from an early stage of life to another, more beautiful one.The White Butterfly is a fast-paced romantic novel set in Post-World War I England. It is the story of one woman's struggle to find herself and to become self-fulfilled in a society that rarely recognizes women as equals to men. Lily Barton Claybourne has a deep-seated need to be the best she can be in every area of life. Her compassion and ability to forgive are strong components of her personality, but the aristocracy isn't interested in her dreams of a better society. She has married into a family where the old, tried and true traditions are held on to very tightly. Lily thinks she knows better. Her husband, Kit Claybourne, the Earl of Gloucester, is a wonderful man, but he too is mired in the past traditions of his heritage to support her dreams. He was raised by an iron-fisted mother, who appears on the surface to be a sweet and charming woman, but who still enforces the rules that are adhered to at Claybourne Court.Lily loves Kit, but it is very hard to live with him. In nearly every facet of their lives together there is a dichotomy. Over and over Lily is told that what she wants to do is not 'the done thing.' She feels she is nothing but an ornament on Kit's arm. After two very grave illnesses, Lily emerges as a different person. She is tired of being told that nothing she does is right.The primary concern in the Claybourne family is that nothing ever be done to mar the image of that great and ancient name. But Lily discovers that there was one significant mistake made in 1903 that has now returned to haunt them. With strength and determination, she makes the decision to let go of the ties that bind her to aristocracy's strict rules, and to follow her own path.With the support of a sixteen-year-old, she gathers her courage and makes a radical change in her life. This engaging novel presents the reader with characters who are real human beings facing the struggle that often comes after a war has torn the foundations from the world they once knew. All three books in the trilogy are now available:Book 1: The White Feather -- amazon.com/dp/B00K1MNNQKBook 2: The White Butterfly -- amazon.com/dp/B00KLM7OJ2Book 3: White Cliffs of Dover -- amazon.com/dp/B00M8HL4TO

This is the final book in the Claybourne Trilogy. Spanning the years from 1925 through 1945, Lily Claybourne, the Countess of Gloucester, forges her path following the post-World War I era.Despite difficulties with her marriage, her dreams remain intact, and she strives to make them a reality. She enters into a tumultuous time in her life, filled with great achievement and heartbreaking loss. Through it all, Lily continues to grow, and refuses to let misfortune block her way.This is an engaging finale to the much loved trilogy which began in 1914, at the beginning of the Great War. Lily moves through the 1930's and 40's with renewed purpose and strength. In the end, the reader learns what becomes of each character with whom they have become intimately acquainted in this engrossing chronicle of a British family's life in the first half of the Twentieth Century. All three books in the Claybourne Trilogy are now available:Book 1: The White Feather -- amazon.com/dp/B00K1MNNQKBook 2: The White Butterfly -- amazon.com/dp/B00KLM7OJ2Book 3: White Cliffs of Dover -- amazon.com/dp/B00M8HL4TO

The White Feather is a poignant, romantic, and sometimes tragic novel set in both the battlefields of World War I France, and in a small village named Claybourne-on-Coln. This engaging novel presents the reader with unforgettable characters, courageous and cowardly, generous and self-serving.Mary Christian Payne takes you to a quaint English village where Lord Christopher Claybourne lives with his new American wife, Eleanor, and his mother, the Dowager Lady Cynthia, in his opulent family estate. At the other end of the village lives Lily Barton in a charming cottage with her widowed mother, Elisabeth. Their worlds meet at the beginning of World War I.This first novel in the Claybourne Trilogy takes the reader on an adventurous journey, fraught with peril, both at home and abroad.A story of selfishness, devotion and loyalty, culminating in a perplexing mystery, The White Feather will leave you wanting more of the Claybourne family.This novel is a stand-alone book to be enjoyed by itself or followed up with books two and three in the trilogy.All three books in the trilogy are now available:Book 1: The White Feather -- amazon.com/dp/B00K1MNNQKBook 2: The White Butterfly -- amazon.com/dp/B00KLM7OJ2Book 3: White Cliffs of Dover -- amazon.com/dp/B00M8HL4TO