1. GOOD BEHAVIOUR - the story spans half of the last century and chronicles the refusal of a thoroughbred but impoverished Anglo-Irish family to understand the realities of life beyond the gates at the end of their drive, particularly the nature of money and of sex by Molly Keane. ISBN 0 233 97332 X. this edition published 1981 by Andre Dutsch.

2. A DANGEROUS FORTUNE - a great family of merchant bankers, infected by the poisons of ambition and greed. For the Pilasters, sex and love are weapons in a war for power and wealth. One explosive secret becomes the weak link that can bring down a dynasty. This edition published 1993 by BCA by arrangement with Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

3. ESTELLA - a tale of love, loss and redemption, set amongst the fervent aspirations and cruel hyprocisies of Victorian England by Alanna Knight. ISBN 0-356-12072-4. This edition published 1986 by Macdonald.

4. ELECTRICITY - a story of a spirited, sensual young woman's adventures in the 1880's recounted by herself with wit, candour and an intimacy of closely observed domestic and technical detail by Victoria Glendinning.

ISBN 0-09-179201-0. This edition published 1995 by Hutchinson (1st edition).