Do You like book Theirs Was The Kingdom (1999)?
Definitely smarter than me! At least I didn't 'pay' for it but got it on BookMooch. Kate wrote: "I didn't even try The Shack. Picked it up & looked at it in Costco, & put it right back down."Kate wrote: "I didn't even try The Shack. Picked it up & looked at it in Costco, & put it right back down."
—Kate
Delderfield (1912-1972). Born in London in 1912, Delderfield moved with his family to South Devon in 1923, when his father, William James Delderfield, became editor of the Exmouth Chronicle. RF subsequently worked as a reporter on the same paper. This novel was published in 1971 and televised in 1980 and was set on the edge of Exmoor. Sadly, Delderfield died of cancer at the relatively young age of 60. This is the second volume in the trilogy and continues the story of the Swann family. I found this a well written and compelling story, "He thought about the Empire for a moment. Where its frontiers would be drawn and which tribe, if any, would overhaul it and challenge its supremacy by the time the old queen died and that plump, racketty Edward mounted her throne. The gloomy Germans, possibly, who had given the yammering French such a thrashing a few years ago. Or the Yankees, who were not likely to stay minding their own business." Love it!
—Ruth
Surprisingly I enjoyed this second book in the series more than the first (and I liked that one quite a bit!). The charcters are finely drawn, even minor ones, and I felt as though I really knew and understood them. He brings the area to life in a most vivid way, setting me right down in late Victorian England and helping me see, smell and feel the sights and sounds. The appearances of the many varied spouses simply added to the tale and they became as genuine as the main cast.......his character portrayals is really excellent. It took me a bit longer than normal to complete this book but that was not due to any lack of entusiasim and more a fact of the Olympics being on currently.
—Virginia
