At nineteen, spirited Margaret Hale and her parents departed their southern home when her father, Richard, relinquished his position as clergyman in Helstone due to a matter of conscience. The family relocated to Milton, in the north of Eng…

With Maria Hale’s passing, her daughter Margaret resolved to reach out to her brother Frederick—a man forced into exile years before by a grievous misjudgment of the courts. Simultaneously, the mill workers in Milton initiated a strike. To …

The rejection of his proposal left Thornton and Margaret’s relationship strained and increasingly difficult. Fortunately, Frederick arrived for a visit with his ailing mother. Misunderstanding the situation, Thornton wrongly assumed he was …

Frederick arrived safely in Spain. Following her father’s passing, Margaret departed Milton and went to reside with an aunt in London. It came to Thornton’s knowledge that Frederick was Margaret’s brother. With the funds bequeathed to her b…