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Cynthia Harrod-Eagles was born in Shepherd’s Bush in London. She was educated at Burlington School, a girls' charity school founded in 1699, and at the University of Edinburgh and University College London, where she studied English, history and philosophy.

Afterwards she had a variety of jobs in the commercial world, beginning as sales manager for the Coca Cola Company in Edinburgh, and ending up as pensions officer for the BBC in London, while writing during the evenings and weekends.

The birth of The Morland Dynasty series enabled her to become a full-time writer in 1979. The series was originally intended to comprise twelve volumes, but has now been extended to thirty-four, she also writes the internationally acclaimed Bill Slider Mysteries.

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles still lives with her husband in London, they have three children, and apart from writing her passions are music (she plays in several amateur orchestras) horses, wine, architecture and the English countryside.

She wrote her first novel while at university and in 1972 won the Young Writers' Award with The Waiting Game.

In 1993 she won the RNA Novel of the Year Award with Emily, the third volume of her Kirov Saga, a trilogy set in nineteenth century Russia.

Part One - Anna begins in 1803 and covers the Napoleonic invasion of Russia. *Shortlisted for the 1991 RNA Novel of the Year
Part Two - Fleur begins in 1851 and covers the Crimean War.
Part Three - Emily begins in 1910 and covers World War 1 and the Russian Revolution.

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles admits the first novel in the Bill Slider series was written for relaxation and was never intended for publication but received good reviews being praised for its "nicely detailed prose" and approachable characters" (Klett 1992:181) and as a "masterful debut" (Brainard (1992b:51). The reviews for the second novel state "the author is well on her way to an outstanding series" New York Times Marilyn Stasio 21 February 1993, and proved to be true as to date, the series consists of 11 novels.

Orchestrated Death
Death Watch
Necrochip
Dead End
Blood Lines
Killing Time
Shallow Grave
Blood Sinister
Gone Tomorrow
Dear Departed
Game over

The original idea for the The Morland Dynasty series was a ‘history without tears', fictional characters in a real historical background. The plan was for the whole run of British history from the middle ages to the Second World War to be covered in twelve volumes, the series now comprises 31 books and it is intended the series will comprise 34 books in total.

The Founding Begins 1434 and covers the War of the Roses and Richard III
The Dark Rose Begins 1501 and covers Henry VIII
The Princeling Begins 1558 and covers Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots
The Oak Apple Begins 1630 and covers Charles I and the English Civil War
The Black Pearl Begins 1659 and covers Charles I and the Restoration
The Long Shadow Begins 1670 and covers Charles II and James II
The Chevalier Begins 1689 and covers William and Mary, Queen Anne, George I, the Old Pretender (1715 Rebellion)
The Maiden Begins 1720 and covers George I, George II, the Young Pretender ( Bonnie Prince Charlie), (1745 Rebellion)
The Flood-Tide Begins 1772 and covers George III, American War of Independence, Enclosures
The Tangled Thread Begins 1788 and covers The French Revolution, the beginning of the Industrial Revolution
The Emperor Begins 1795 and covers the Rise of Napoleon
The Victory Begins 1803 and covers the Regency, Beau Brummell, Industrial Revolution, Battle of Trafalgar
The Regency Begins 1807 and covers the Napoleonic Wars, the Peninsular Campaign, the Industrial Revolution
The Campaigners Begins 1815 and covers the Campaign of 100 Days and the Battle of Waterloo
The Reckoning Begins 1816 and covers the Post War Slump, Chartism, Pentrich Revolution, Industrial Progress
The Devil's Horse Begins 1820 George IV, the Factory Age, The Rainhill Trials, Liverpool and Manchester Railway
The Poison Tree Begins 1831 and covers William IV, 1832 Reform Act, the Railway Pioneers
The Abyss Begins 1833 and covers William IV, Victoria, the Railway Age, George Hudson
The Hidden Shore Begins 1843 and Covers the Early Victorian Age, Philanthropy, Ragged School
The Winter Journey Begins 1851 and covers the Mid-Victorian Age, The Great Exhibition, the Crimean War
The Outcast Begins 1857 and covers the American Civil War, the Divorce Act, the first Underground Railway
The Mirage Begins 1870 and covers the High Victorian Age, Franco-Prussian War, changes to medical training
The Cause Begins 1874 and covers the High Victorian Age, Womens Rights
The Homecoming Begins 1885 and covers Late Victorian Age, Oscar Wilde, Prince of Wales' set, Girls Education
The Question Begins 1898 and covers Late Victorian/ Edwardian, Automobile, Boer War, Suffragettes
The Dream Kingdom Begins 1980 and covers Edwardian, Aviation
The Restless Sea Begins 1912 and covers George V, Titanic, Cat and Mouse Act
The White Road Begins 1914 and covers the beginning of World War I
The Burning Roses Begins 1915 and continues World War I
The Measure of Days Begins 1916 and continues World War I covering the Battle of the Somme
The Foreign Field Begins 1917 and continues World War I, Passchendaele

Links:

- Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) Awards
- Authors website
- Publisher - Little, Brown Books
- Titles by Cynthia Harrod Eagles
- History Matters, National Trust
- Harrow Writers Circle, President - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

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