Before there was Downton Abbey, there was Abingdon Pryory... The guns of August are rumbling throughout Europe in the summer of 1914, but war has not yet touched Abingdon Pryory. Here, at the grand home of the Greville family, the parties, dances, and romances play on. Alexandra Greville embarks on her debutante season while brother Charles remains hopelessly in love with the beautiful, untitled Lydia Foxe, knowing that his father, the Earl of Stanmore, will never approve of the match. Downstairs the new servant, Ivy, struggles to adjust to the routines of the well-oiled household staff, as the arrival of American cousin Martin Rilke, a Chicago newspaperman, causes a stir. But, ultimately, the Great War will not be denied, as what begins for the high-bred Grevilles as a glorious adventure soon takes its toll—shattering the household's tranquillity, crumbling class barriers, and bringing its myriad horrors home.
Les cloches sonnent Séries
Cette saga captivante retrace la vie de deux familles dans le contexte du début tumultueux de la Première Guerre mondiale. Se déroulant dans un somptueux domaine de campagne anglais et ses quartiers de domestiques, le récit explore les contrastes saisissants entre les classes sociales et les luttes individuelles. La série mêle des histoires d'ambition, de romance, de perte et l'impact personnel profond des bouleversements historiques. Elle offre un aperçu fascinant de la manière dont les structures sociales et les relations intimes sont irrévocablement modifiées par le déclenchement de la guerre.
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Circles of Time
- 425pages
- 15 heures de lecture
Before Downton Abbey, there was Abingdon Pryory.... He drove up to Flanders in the early summer of 1921 knowing that it would be for the last time. He had finally, after nearly four years, reconciled himself to the unalterable fact that she was dead.
A Future Arrived
- 450pages
- 16 heures de lecture
A novel of the young, born during or just after the war to end all wars. They grow to young adulthood as the inheritors of the hatred spawned by the Treaty of Versailles: Derek Ramsey, born only weeks after his father fell in France.