Elizabeth, Julia and Jane, A Cord of Three Strands

An epic multi-family story spanning two centuries of romance between the Coke, Howard, and Dutton families and their descendants. Elizabeth, Julia and Jane, chose men without titles at a time when their beauty, wealth and accomplishments could easily have attracted titled suitors and members of the aristocracy. At a time when lucrative dowries were seen as more important, Thomas Coke, John Howard and James Dutton chose to follow their hearts, marrying for love, even risking disinheritance, in order to marry the women they loved.