The Legacy of Tallow Manor

The story is based in England at the end of the nineteenth century the story is mainly regarding Benjamin Rawlings the farrier's son and Elizabeth Gatcombe the daughter of the lord of the manor and how their lives entwine together with many twists and turns But later takes in countries such as Australia new Zealand and Greece and through two world wars it follows the main characters of Benjamin Rawlings and Elizabeth Gatcombe two young children brought up in very different circumstances Benjamin the son of a Farriers at Gatcombe manor and Elizabeth the heiress of Lord Simon Gatcombe.They become friends early on at the age of thirteen then Benjamin and his family are let go of Gatcombe as it falls on hard times and Lord Simon gives the Rawlings chance of a new life in Australia they leave on a convict ship that is sunk in a hurricane off the east coast of Australia Benjamin climbs back on board to try and help the prisoners escape but is captured as a convict and chained up.Elizabeth gets a letter off her father when she is sent to Italy away from Benjamin as Lady Elanora Gatcombe does not want her daughter mixing with a farrier's son the letter says Benjamin and his family have been killed in a ship wreck.She believes Benjamin to be dead he believes Elizabeth to have been married off and throughout their lives they meet many new people and many adventures are bestowed on them, Elizabeth builds a business and then goes to war as a nurse in world war one Benjamin gets involved with Jonathan who rescues him from the soldiers who hold him prisoner they in turn get involved with Henry a gold miner and Josephine a shop keepers daughter and Grant Farnsworth a captain of the garrison in Australia that keep all the convicts in line Benjamin and Grants paths have crossed when they were young but Grant does not know that until the day they face each other in a fight to the death.To New Zealand and the admiralty in a vain attempt to find Benjamin's parents who he finds where picked up by a ship heading for New Zealand and back to England where he once again meets up with Elizabeth and into world-war two they are both thrown together Benjamin will not marry Elizabeth until he finds out whether his parents are alive or dead.He then travels to Greece where he has been told by a sailor who answers an advert in the local newspaper that a man and a woman were on board the ship he sailed on when it left Jakarta bound for Greece where they got off. When Benjamin goes to Greece he finds his parents are indeed alive and they have an import and export business.Benjamin goes back to England to marry Elizabeth finally, he then takes Elizabeth for a holiday to Greece there after going for a walk they go into a church and meet an old woman who later turns out to be a ghost this troubles Benjamin as to why a ghost should come to him, then he finds out something very strange and meets a woman who is the daughter of Henry the gold miner from Australia then he wants to find out why someone who lives in Greece can be a miner's daughter from Australia Benjamin travels many places and countries trying to find his parents who he believes are still alive it is a story of love, friendship, hatred and lost