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Long summer day [by] R.F. Delderfield

Paul Craddock is still young when he is invalided out of the army after the Boer War and he discovers the neglected estate of Shallowford in a secluded corner of Devon. It seems remote from the march of progress. But as storm clouds gather over Europe, Paul learns that no part of England, however remote, can escape the challenge of the times.

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  • "Paul Craddock is still young when he is invalided out of the army after the Boer War and he discovers the neglected estate of Shallowford in a secluded corner of Devon. It seems remote from the march of progress. But as storm clouds gather over Europe, Paul learns that no part of England, however remote, can escape the challenge of the times."@en
  • "The first book in R. F. Delderfield's bestselling A Horseman Riding By saga of twentieth-century England introduces Paul Craddock, a young war veteran who stakes his future on a neglected country estate in Devon 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.""
  • "Paul Craddock was still a young man when he was invalided out of the Boer War. And with a young man's enthusiasm he threw himself into the daunting task of restoring the neglected country estate of Shallowford, nestling in a secluded corner of Devon's Sorrel Valley. Shallowford seemed remote from the march of progress. But as the age of Victoria faded, to give way to that of Edward VII and George V, Paul Craddock was to learn that no corner of pastoral England, however, remote, could escape the challenge of the times. - Back cover."@en
  • "The first book in R. F. Delderfield’s bestselling A Horseman Riding By saga of twentieth-century England introduces Paul Craddock, a young war veteran who stakes his future on a neglected country estate in Devon 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 ."@en

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  • "History"@en
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  • "Elämää Sorrelin laaksossa"@fi
  • "Long summer day : [A horseman riding]"
  • "Long summer day : book 1 of A horseman Riding by"
  • "Long summer day [by] R.F. Delderfield"@en
  • "Long Summer Day"@en
  • "Long summer day : book 1 of A horesman riding by"@en
  • "Long summer day"@en
  • "Long summer day"
  • "Long summer day : book I of A horseman riding by"@en
  • "Long Summer Day (A horseman riding by, vol 1)"@en

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