Those Who Fought for Us

The Sutherland Saga consists of a sequence of six novels that chronicle four generations of the fictitious Sutherland family, the patriarch being the Earl of Winston. Set against the backdrop of world-changing events of the twentieth century, the saga traces the travails of the Earls of Winston and their loved ones. Having been awarded the Earldom of Winston by King James the First, the ancestral home of the Sutherland family is located at Wharton Manor in Gloucestershire, England. Each novel unfolds in a turbulent period of the twentieth century, and as the participants become acquainted lifelong relationships are formed, thereby leading inexorably back to the Earldom. Increasingly complex mysteries develop in each of the novels, eventually resulting in murder, mayhem, and world-changing events. In the end, the Earldom of Winston will be at the root of some of the most heinous events of the century.Part I: Those Who Fought for UsOn the eve of World War I, Elizabeth Turnberry and her friend Margaret MacCreedy meet fellow students Robert Sutherland and Alastair Stewart in a pub in Edinburgh. Little do they know that Robert is the heir to the Earldom of Winston, and although the future seems bright, the outbreak of war in the summer of 1914 will dash all their hopes and dreams. This is the story of Those Who Fought For Us.