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The Rutshire Chronicles is a series of romantic novels by Jilly Cooper. The stories tell tales of mainly British upper-class families, as well as the show-jumping and polo crowd, in numerous different sexually charged scenarios, often laced with adultery, illegitimate children, scandal, and sometimes death. They are linked by several recurring characters, chiefly Rupert Campbell-Black, and are set in the fictional English county of Rutshire.
Some of these characters, namely Campbell-Black and numerous characters associated with him, also occur in Cooper's novel Pandora, although it is not part of the series. The Campbell-Blacks, Lloyd-Foxes, France-Lynches, and other families from the Rutshire Chronicles also appear in Wicked! (2006). The tales are set in chronological order; however, they are readable as stand-alone novels.
In more recent years, her Rutshire Chronicles have come under fire for dated and problematic portrayals of race, homosexuality, gender roles and sexual consent.
Cooper's recent works received a variety of responses from critics, with The Guardian praising "her near-magical ability to conjure up a world and populate it with people for whom you feel a deep affection" and The Express calling Jump! "one of her most captivating novels yet."




The Rutshire Chronicles


Riders (1986)
Rivals (1988; also known as Players)
Polo (1991)
The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1993)
Appassionata (1996)
Score! (1999)
Pandora (2002)
Wicked! (2006)
Jump! (2010)
Mount! (2016)
Tackle! (2023)




Main/recurring characters


Rupert Campbell-Black
Agatha 'Taggie' Campbell-Black, née O'Hara
Marcus and Tabitha Campbell-Black
Basil Baddingham
Billy Lloyd-Foxe
Janie Lloyd-Foxe
Declan O'Hara
Ricky France-Lynch
Cameron Cook
Lysander Hawkley
Flora Seymour
Roberto Rannaldini
Dame Hermione Harefield
Cosmo Rannaldini
Anthea Belvedon
Dora Belvedon
Helen Hawkley, née McCauley (formerly Helen Campbell-Black, Gordon, Rannaldini)
Etta Bancroft
Amber Lloyd-Foxe
Valent Edwards




References

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• Rutshire Chronicles
• Jilly Cooper
• Rivals (novel)
• Rivals (TV series)
• Riders (1993 film)
• The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
• Riders (novel)
• Rupert Campbell-Black
• The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (film)
• Rupert (name)