Before Downton Abbey, there was Abingdon Pryory, the elegant country home of the Grevilles-a titled English family who, along with their servants, see their world turned upside down when England goes to war.
Les cloches sonnent Séries
Cette saga captivante retrace la vie de deux familles dans le contexte du début tumultueux de la Première Guerre mondiale. Se déroulant dans un somptueux domaine de campagne anglais et ses quartiers de domestiques, le récit explore les contrastes saisissants entre les classes sociales et les luttes individuelles. La série mêle des histoires d'ambition, de romance, de perte et l'impact personnel profond des bouleversements historiques. Elle offre un aperçu fascinant de la manière dont les structures sociales et les relations intimes sont irrévocablement modifiées par le déclenchement de la guerre.
Ordre de lecture recommandé
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Circles of Time
- 425pages
- 15 heures de lecture
Before Downton Abbey, there was Abingdon Pryory.... He drove up to Flanders in the early summer of 1921 knowing that it would be for the last time. He had finally, after nearly four years, reconciled himself to the unalterable fact that she was dead.
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A Future Arrived
- 450pages
- 16 heures de lecture
A novel of the young, born during or just after the war to end all wars. They grow to young adulthood as the inheritors of the hatred spawned by the Treaty of Versailles: Derek Ramsey, born only weeks after his father fell in France.