Long Summer Day - (Horseman Riding by) by R F Delderfield (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>After serving his country in the Boer War, injured Lieutenant Paul Craddock returns to England to resume civilian life. But things have changed since he joined the Imperial Yeomanry three years ago. His father has died, leaving Paul as heir to a scrap metal business he has no intention of continuing. Instead, he purchases an auctioned-off thirteen-hundred-acre estate in a secluded corner of Devon. Neglected and overgrown, Shallowford becomes the symbol of all that Paul has lost--and a reminder of the gentle place his homeland once was.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A great read for fans of PBS's <i>Poldark</i> and <i>Downton Abbey</i>--first in the saga of a man returning from battle to an estate in the pre-WWI English countryside.</b> <p/> After serving his country in the Boer War, injured Lieutenant Paul Craddock returns to England to resume civilian life. But things have changed since he joined the Imperial Yeomanry three years ago. His father has died, leaving Paul as heir to a scrap metal business he has no intention of continuing. Instead, he purchases an auctioned-off thirteen-hundred-acre estate in a secluded corner of Devon. Neglected and overgrown, Shallowford becomes the symbol of all that Paul has lost--and a reminder of the gentle place his homeland once was. And here, on this sprawling stretch of land, he will be changed by his love for two women: fiercely independent Grace Lovell, and lovely, demure Claire Derwent. <p/> Set in the English countryside in the first part of the previous century--from the long "Edwardian afternoon" following the death of Queen Victoria, to the gathering storm of World War I--<i>Long Summer Day </i>is the story of a man, his family, and a people struggling to adapt to life in a new world. <p/><i>Long Summer Day</i> is the first novel in R. F. Delderfield's saga A Horseman Riding By, which continues with <i>Post of Honour</i> and <i>The Green Gauntlet</i>.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Sheer, wonderful storytelling." --<i>Chicago Tribune</i> <p/>"[Delderfield] 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." --<i>Life</i> <p/>"Delderfield's manner is easy, modest, heartwarming." --<i>Evening Standard</i> <p/>"An excellent read." --<i>Sunday Express</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>R. F. Delderfield (1912-1972) was born in South London. On leaving school he joined the <i>Exmouth Chronicle</i> newspaper as a junior reporter and went on to become editor. He began to write stage plays and then became a highly successful novelist, renowned for brilliantly portraying slices of English life. With the publication of his first saga, A Horseman Riding By, he became one of Britain's most popular authors, and his novels have been bestsellers ever since. Many of his works, including the Horseman Riding By series, <i>To Serve Them All My Days</i>, the Avenue novels, and <i>Diana</i>, were adapted for television.
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