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This Royal Breed
This Royal Breed
Nov 28, 2025 1:10 PM

Author:Judith Saxton

This Royal Breed

A SAGA OF A YOUNG GIRL'S STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL ON THE ISLAND OF JERSEY DURING THE NAZI SECOND WORLD WAR OCCUPATION. After the death of Rochelle Dubois's parents, she is adopted by their employer, Charles Laurient, and together she and Charles work to rear his treasured rare orchids. But when war breaks out, Rochelle is left to do her best for herself and her precious seedlings, for Charles is taken away by the Germans. The arrival of his son Laurie from America could be her salvation.

Reviews

Historically important... Theater of great scope and grand design

—— New York Times

The full range of the human and the divine is called into play

—— Independent

There is a manifest integrity about his work, a ruthless self-exposure, and a determination to venture into territory where few dramatists dare to tread

—— Daily Telegraph

In this take on Aeschylus' The Oresteia, O'Neill substitutes the New England House of Mannon for the House of Atreus and concocts a typically over-the-top cocktail of sex, envy, adultery, matricide and inescapable guilt

—— Chicago Tribune

Clever, spry and sad in equal measure...a pacy plot whose twists and shifts of viewpoint make for much anxious page-turning

—— Daily Telegraph

A scintillating story of lust, deception and retribution

—— Independent on Sunday

Beautifully written...with a featherlight touch, Moggach keeps the tension at fever-pitch until the final hilarious – and entirely unexpected – climax

—— Independent on Sunday

A personal journey through places and people I know

—— Kathleen MacMahon , Irish Times
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