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William Neal's fortunes change following his marriage to the daughter of his employer, a banker. The printing house he builds up brings him wealth. Sadly his young wife dies, but not before giving birth to a son, Robert.By a great stroke of luck, when playing a card game against a tricky Earl, William wins the Brackenholm Estate from which, as a mere ploughboy, he had escaped. His fortune would revive the waning economies of the estate.When Wi...

William Neal was born in 1791 in the Scottish borders. He spent his initial years as a poor ploughboy, almost enslaved by the draconian Earl of Brackenholm. Rotten conditions and lack of food took many lives, so William watched his sister, mother, and father all pass away. His only salvation was the hours he had dedicated to learning to read and write. Knowledge and bravery were his only weapons when he decided to run away from Brackenholm at ...

The Neal sagaThe trilogy relates the 200-year Neal family history, beginning in the Scottish borders with the birth of William, and flows through the decades up to 1991.Finale (1894 to 1991).The family's fortunes take a spiral. Robert Neal's wife Hannah does not care about the disinheritance. She becomes a suffragist. Their son William is killed in action at Ypres in WW1. Robert dies in the post-war influenza pandemic.Their militant suffragett...

The Neal sagaThe trilogy relates the 200-year Neal family history, beginning in the Scottish borders with the birth of William, and flows through the decades up to 1991.Finale (1894 to 1991).The family's fortunes take a spiral. Robert Neal's wife Hannah does not care about the disinheritance. She becomes a suffragist. Their son William is killed in action at Ypres in WW1. Robert dies in the post-war influenza pandemic.Their militant suffragett...

William Neal's fortunes change following his marriage to the daughter of his employer, a banker. The printing house he builds up brings him wealth. Sadly his young wife dies, but not before giving birth to a son, Robert.By a great stroke of luck, when playing a card game against a tricky Earl, William wins the Brackenholm Estate from which, as a mere ploughboy, he had escaped. His fortune would revive the waning economies of the estate.When Wi...

William Neal was born in 1791 in the Scottish borders. He spent his initial years as a poor ploughboy, almost enslaved by the draconian Earl of Brackenholm. Rotten conditions and lack of food took many lives, so William watched his sister, mother, and father all pass away. His only salvation was the hours he had dedicated to learning to read and write. Knowledge and bravery were his only weapons when he decided to run away from Brackenholm at ...