Diana
a charming love story set in the roaring twenties
$42.78
- Paperback
672 pages
- Release Date
8 August 2007
Summary
Diana: A Love Forged in Fire
Beautiful, resourceful, treacherous, vulnerable. She was a woman full of contradictions and he would never stop loving her.
As a young girl Diana is irrepressible, untameable and, to the orphaned John, endlessly fascinating. Only daughter of a wealthy businessman, she is drawn both to a rigorous outdoor life in the west country with her horses and the glittering London society that will be her destiny.
They spend a magical unconventional …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340922903 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0340922907 |
| Author: | R.F. Delderfield |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 672 |
| Release Date: | 8 August 2007 |
| Weight: | 520g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 44mm |
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Critics Review
‘Sheer, wonderful storytelling’
Praise for R F Delderfield:
Seldom has the enchantment of young love been so tenderly drawn as in this story - Literary GuildA charming novel … recaptures with refreshing simplicity the awkwardness, excitement and delights of youth. - New York Times R.F. Delderfield is a born storyteller - Sunday MirrorHe 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 MagazineSheer, wonderful storytelling - Chicago TribuneHighly recommended. Combines tension with a splendid sense of atmosphere and vivid characterisation. An excellent read - Sunday ExpressIt 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 BookmenAbout The Author
R.F. Delderfield
R F Delderfield was born in South London in 1912. On leaving school he joined the Exmouth Chronicle newspaper as a junior reporter, where he went on to become Editor. From there he began to write stage plays and then became 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 authors. He died in 1972.
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