In the summer of 1898, the Marquess of Ross travels to Oxford seeking reconciliation with his only granddaughter, Lucy. On meeting her children for the first and last time, the old man's love goes out to the tiny asthmatic baby girl. This is Grace Hardie and for her he will build an English palace. Grace grows up in her fairy tale home filled with sunshine and laughter and is secure in the love of her family. But even before the horrors of the Great War, two domestic tragedies on the same day cast Grace into a sea of guilt and grief. Grace Hardie, first published in 1988, is a poignant story of one woman's struggle for redemption, for love and for an understanding of her own role in life. It is the beautiful and moving sequel to The House of Hardie.