The Sutherland Scandals

THE SUTHERLAND SCANDALS

1890

The story opens in Newcastle, Northern England, and we meet J.B. Sutherland-brewer and eventually the owner of the Victorian pub by the River Tyne, The Barley Mow. The family saga is told by his middle daughter, Elizabeth, whose childhood is wonderful until her father suddenly dies, and their eldest illegitimate brother, John Thomas, shows up at their father's funeral to inherit the pub.

Elizabeth is an artistic soul, often at odds with her overpowering older siste...