More of R.F. Delderfield! My goal in this life is to read each and every book he has written basically because of the seven I have read, I have not been disappointed. To date the Swann Saga is my favorite. It all begins with God Was an Englishman then comes Theirs Was the Kingdom and it ends with Give Us This Day. I fell in love with Adam, the patriarch of the family. He's the hero with flaws.
The saga starts in the 1800s in India when the soldier Adam decides to end his military career and go home. As he travels home he runs into the young run away Henrietta who he later marries only to keep her from having to return to her father and marry a man she doesn't want to. As the story builds so does Adams family and his company Swann on Wheels, a hauling company.
Not only does the reader experience the daily lives of the Swanns, Adam and Henrietta and their 10 children but also includes the Swann on Wheels family, which becomes as important to Adams as his own family. I love how we are allowed to follow these two families for more than 50 years.Each of these books is over 1,000 pages but worth every minute of it! READ THESE BOOKS!
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