Theirs Was the Kingdom
- 896pages
- 32 heures de lecture
The second book in R.F. Delderfield's brilliant saga of the Swann family, which has captivated readers since its first appearance.
Ronald Frederick Delderfield était un romancier et dramaturge anglais populaire dont les œuvres ont été largement adaptées pour la télévision et restent très lues. Ses romans et séries historiques suivent souvent de jeunes hommes de retour de la guerre, décrivant leurs vies en Angleterre et permettant à l'auteur de saisir l'ampleur de l'histoire anglaise. À travers ces récits, Delderfield plonge profondément dans l'histoire sociale, explorant la période de l'ère édouardienne jusqu'au début des années 1960, en se concentrant sur les changements sociétaux et les expériences individuelles durant cette période de transformation.






The second book in R.F. Delderfield's brilliant saga of the Swann family, which has captivated readers since its first appearance.
The classic story of an English public school between the wars and an inspirational teacher, repackaged as a Hodder Great Read.
R.F. Delderfield's brilliant saga of the Swann family has captivated readers since its first appearance. This is the first book in the trilogy, followed by THEIRS WAS THE KINGDOM and GIVE US THIS DAY.
On the outside the Avenue appeared so peaceful but this is a story of turbulent change, of boom and bust, mass unemployment, new freedoms and restrictions, the Blackshirts, and jazz.
The captivating third and final book in R.F. Delderfield's Swann family saga, the bestselling trilogy which began with GOD IS AN ENGLISHMAN and THEIRS WAS THE KINGDOM.
Despite the outbreak of war, and the less than honourable intentions of those left behind, the inhabitants of the Avenue find themselves bound together by their experiences, discovering hidden reserves of courage and humour.
The third novel in The Horseman Riding By series that established Delderfield as one of the most popular and admired novelists of the 1960s
Paul Craddock is still young when he is invalided out of the army after the Boer War and he discovers the neglected estate of Shallowford in a secluded corner of Devon. It seems remote from the march of progress. But as storm clouds gather over Europe, Paul learns that no part of England, however remote, can escape the challenge of the times.
'He built an imposing artistic social history that promises to join those of his great forebears in the long, noble line of the English novel. His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett' Life Magazine