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TheRutshire Chronicles is a series of romantic novels byDame 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 withadultery,illegitimate children,scandal, and sometimes death. They are linked by several recurringcharacters, chieflyRupert Campbell-Black, and are set in the fictional Englishcounty of Rutshire.
Some of these characters, namely Campbell-Black and numerous characters associated with him, also occur in Cooper's novelPandora, although it is not part of the series[citation needed]. The Campbell-Blacks, Lloyd-Foxes, France-Lynches, and other families from the Rutshire Chronicles also appear inWicked! (2006). The tales are set in chronological order; however, they are readable as stand-alone novels.[citation needed]
In more recent years,[when?] her Rutshire Chronicles have come under fire for dated and problematic portrayals of race, homosexuality, gender roles and sexual consent.[1][2][3]
Cooper's recent works[which?] received a variety of responses from critics, withOlivia Laing inThe Guardian praising "her near-magical ability to conjure up a world and populate it with people for whom you feel a deep affection"[4] andThe Express callingJump! "one of her most captivating novels yet."[5][unreliable source?]
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