The Mallen Streak

"In 1851, the extravagent Mallens faced financial ruin. An attempt to arrange a wealthy marriage for Thomas Mallen's heir failed disastrously, bringing scandal and disgrace upon the house, and Thomas's own fortunes became closely linked with those of his wards, Barbara and Constance Farringdon, and their indomitable governess."@en
"Thomas Mallen of High Banks Hall had many sons, most of them illegitimate. But to all of them he passed on his mark ; this was a distinctive flash of white hair running down to the left temple, and known as the Mallen Streak."@en
"All of Thomas Mallen's sons were extravagant, illegitimate except for one, and all inherited a flash of white hair down the temple known as the Mallen streak. An attempt to save the family from ruin in 1851 fails, bringing disgrace upon them all."@en
"The first in a trilogy that follows the lives of the sons of Thomas Mallen of High Banks Hall, Northumberland, all bearing a distinctive white flash of hair."@en