Long Summer Day
Long Summer Day by R. F. Delderfield, published by Open Road Integrated Media on July 22, 2014, is a reprint edition comprising 834 pages in English. This novel follows Lieutenant Paul Craddock as he returns to England after serving in the Boer War. Upon his return, he discovers that his life has changed significantly; his father has passed away, leaving him the heir to a scrap metal business he does not wish to continue. Instead, Paul purchases a neglected estate in Devon, which symbolizes his losses and the changes in his homeland.
Readers will find a narrative that explores themes of family life and the impact of historical events on personal relationships. Set against the backdrop of the pre-WWI English countryside, the story delves into Paul’s evolving connections with two women, Grace Lovell and Claire Derwent. Long Summer Day captures the essence of a community grappling with the transition to a new world, making it a significant entry in the saga A Horseman Riding By, which continues with subsequent novels.
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A great read for fans of PBS’s Poldark and Downton Abbey–first in the saga of a man returning from battle to an estate in the pre-WWI English countryside.
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.
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–Long Summer Day is the story of a man, his family, and a people struggling to adapt to life in a new world.
Long Summer Day is the first novel in R. F. Delderfield’s saga A Horseman Riding By, which continues with Post of Honour and The Green Gauntlet.
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