Dynasty 1: The Founding

By: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Narrated by: Christopher Scott

This wonderful series opens with the back drop of the Wars of the Roses with the marriage between Eleanor Morland and a scion of the influential house of Beaufort. It is a union which establishes the powerful Morland dynasty and in the succeeding volumes of this rich tapestry of English life, we follow their fortunes through war and peace, political upheaval and social revolution, times of pestilence and periods of plenty, and through the vicissitudes which afflict every family - love and passion, envy and betrayal, birth and death, great fortune and miserable penury.

The Morland Dynasty is entertainment of the most addictive kind.

©1980 Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (P)1998 Isis Audiobooks

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Emotionally engaging, historically riveting . Inspiration for GOT perhaps. Excellent narration. Cried at the end- perfect book. need to start #2

Great historical series.

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This is a well-researched historical series by an author who weaves 'real' history into the lives of her full characters. I am not going to review each book individually, as I loved and read them all. Historical series do not find publication as easily nowadays as they used to do, so this one was a real treat. There are a few more not available on audible as yet, but I shall acquire them as they become available.

So Entertaining and Interesting!

I have now listened to 3 books in this series. What a fun time. The series will provide historical fiction lovers with hours of good listening. So far the stories are not "gummy" with ridiculous,sticky romantic writing. There is enough romance blended with ficticious events to develop a very good story that holds the listeners' attention. If you enjoy well developed fictional characters mixed with actual historical people and events this is the series for you. The listener can get a birds eye view of Britsh history without feeling bogged down. I hope Audible will provide the entire series for us to enjoy as I will pruchase all of them without hesitation.

Awesome historical fiction

If you love historical fiction, read this book. Love it! The saga of the Morland family is interwoven into the War of the Roses time period in this first book in the series. It's a great beginning to an awesome series.

A perfect listen for me.

I am really enjoying this series so far. It’s a pleasure to read or listen to history and learn while having it personalized by presenting it as family saga. I don’t know if I will get through all of the books but I am going to try. Christopher Scott did an excellent job. He made each character come alive and seemed to fit right in with the story. To me that’s a high compliment.