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Theirs Was the Kingdom (The Swann Family Saga: Volume 2) - Softcover

Book 2 of 3: Swann Family Saga

F. Delderfield, R.

 
9780340162255: Theirs Was the Kingdom (The Swann Family Saga: Volume 2)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0340162252 ISBN 13: 9780340162255
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 1987

Synopsis

The second book in R.F. Delderfield's Swann family saga.

Adam Swann's expanding business empire now stretches as far north as the Scottish Highlands and as far west as the Dublin Pale. Alex, his elder son, is a professional solder; George is a pioneer of the motor industry and his adopted daughter Deborah works to uncover the terrible injustices facing working-class women.

The great edifice of the British Empire is beginning to crumble, and as the gap between prosperity and poverty widens Victorian England can no longer afford to be complacent . . .

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About the Author

R. F. Delderfield was born in South London in 1912. On leaving school he joined the Exmouth Chronicle newspaper as a junior reporter, where he went on to become Editor. From there 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. Many of his bestselling novels were later adapted for television. He died in 1972.

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Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Publication date
1987
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0340162252
ISBN 13 
9780340162255
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
896