The Passing Bells: A Novel (Greville Family)
by:
Phillip Rock (author)
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. Once their well-kept lawns and whirling social seasons give way to the horrors of World...
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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. Once their well-kept lawns and whirling social seasons give way to the horrors of World War I, no one, upstairs or downstairs, is left untouched. For fans of sweeping historical fiction, the reissue of Phillip Rock's New York Times bestseller The Passing Bells is a breathtaking family saga not to be missed.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780062229311 (0062229311)
ASIN: 0062229311
Publish date: 2012-12-04
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages no: 544
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
20th Century,
Adult,
War,
Fiction,
Historical
Given the Downton Abbey craze, I was apprehensive about this trilogy: was it any good or just a marketing ploy to cash in while DA is hot?Thankfully, happily, awesomely, this book is good. Great. Another meaty hist fic that satisfies. This review, however, is probably going to be a hot mess, beca...
England, 1914. The world is slowly changing, but not so much for the residents of Abingdon Pryory. Anthony Greville, 9th earl of Stanmore, married a rich American heiress to wife to keep the estate and his lifestyle as tradition demands. Their eldest son is in love with the wrong sort of woman (her ...
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