At Somerton: Emeralds & Ashes

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The murmurs of war have turned into a bloody conflict that will touch the lives of every member of the Somerton household... Despite the pleas of his family, Lord Averley steps forward as soon as the call is made for men to fight the Western front. Mere weeks later, the news arrives: Lord Averley has been killed in the Battle of Marne. Without an obvious heir, Somerton falls into chaos. In the final instalment of the At Somerton series, the war to end all wars will take an unbearable toll on the household and leave each member forever changed.

Author Bio

Leila Rasheed is a British writer based in Birmingham, UK. She is the author of many children's books, most recently Empire's End (Scholastic, 2020). She grew up in Libya and has lived in Belgium and Italy. She has a passion for history and loves learning about how people lived in the past. As a teenager in England she enjoyed visiting stately homes, which helped inspire Somerton. She also runs a mentoring scheme for England-based children's writers of colour, called Megaphone: www.megaphonewrite.com.