{"product_id":"the-green-gaunlet","title":"The Green Gaunlet","description":"Review\n\nPraise for R F Delderfield:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMr Delderfield's manner is easy, modest, heartwarming (Evening Standard)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eR F Delderfield is a born storyteller ( Sunday Mirror)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSheer, wonderful storytelling (Chicago Tribune)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is always a pleasure to read R F Delderfield, because he never seems to be ashamed of writing well . . . Today he is a bestseller wherever English language books are read (Books and Bookmen) --Bookmen\n\nHighly recommended. Combines tension with a splendid sense of atmosphere and vivid characterisation. An excellent read (Sunday Express) --Sunday Express\n\nHe 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 (Life Magazine) --Life Magazine\n\nProduct Description\n\n1942-1964\nPaul and Claire Craddock have grown older in years - but not in spirit.\nThe turbulence of war is followed by a penurious peace. Changes are taking place in the countryside, from the way land is farmed to the hopes and expectations of the men and women who live there. Paul Craddock's livelihood, his peace, and his vision of a good and noble way of life in Shallowford are all threatened.\nWith the help of his children and his children's children, Paul starts to adapt his dreams in order to preserve the farm. To his surprise and pleasure, in doing so he comes to discover deeper, richer ties with those around him - ties that hold a ripe promise for the future.\n\nBook Description\n\nThe third novel in The Horseman Riding By series that established Delderfield as one of the most popular and admired novelists of the 1960s\n\nFrom the Publisher\n\nThis series is one of the jewels on the Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\nlist. Hugely popular in the sixties, seventies and eighties, Delderfield's\nnovels were bestsellers wherever they were read and they spawned numerous\ntelevision dramatisations. He was one of England's greatest writers, who\ndeserves to be remembered and his books read and re-read, well into the\nfuture.\n\nAbout the Author\n\nR F Delderfield was born in South London in 1912. He was a journalist, playwright and 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 and enduring authors.","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40234153246805,"sku":"9780340922934N","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/f22b7840-a7bb-4f86-942a-056c734e0382.jpg?v=1660224906","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-green-gaunlet","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}