God Is an Englishman (The Swann Family Saga: Volume 1)

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Stella, married at 18 to an impotent aristocrat who tries to imprison her in his life of shame and disgrace.

A Horseman Riding By (published in the United States as two novels, Long Summer Day and Post of Honor) While modernism has dominated 20th century fiction, story tellers held their own as well. Englishman R F Delderfield specialized in the story-telling novel. Out of print for many years, his God is An Englishman is available once again. It is the first of a trilogy of books about Adam Swann, a soldier turned businessman in Victorian Britain. He sat down beside the boy, saying nothing for a moment, but then he saw Briarley's lip quiver and lifted his arm, resting it gently on the boy's shoulder. He said, at length, 'Was he a professional, Briarley?' and when Briarley nodded, 'We couldn't have held out this long without them, lad. They taught us everything we knew in the early days,' and then, when the boy made no reply, 'Do you care to tell me about him? I've served in the Lys sector twice. Maybe we met, spoke to one another.' As now, the secret of Swann's success is building an efficient and competitive business that is ahead of its time and is essential to the success of others. Swann sees that while railways are a fundamental part of the game-changing industrial revolution, they cannot always provide door to door delivery. He sets up an extensive and complex country-wide network of horse drawn transportation to take materials and goods between the railhead and factories up and down the country, sometimes on appalling roads and gradients.A Horseman Riding By is a trilogy comprising "Long Summer's Day", "Post of Honour" and "The Green Gauntlet". a b c d Huxley, John; Selinger-Morris, Samantha (9 September 2005). "Forever misquoted, Donald Horne dies". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 12 June 2013. If you type into a search engine, “God is a . . .” near the top is “Englishman” (just after “astronaut”—go figure!). We quote this phrase all the time in England. It’s from a well-known book by R.F. Delderfield. Suffice it to say that my country’s relationship with God has a long and complicated history. Nowhere is this more evident than in the words of the hymn “Jerusalem.” Considered one of our most patriotic songs, the hymn also has the dubious honor of being the only one where every line can be answered in the negative: In Chapter 4, he delights in the truth that, “There is one body and one Spirit . . . one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.”

Horne, Donald, ed. (1992). The Trouble with economic rationalism. Newham, Victoria: Scribe Publications. p.117. ISBN 978-0-908011-22-3. In Chapter 2, he writes, “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both (Jew and Gentile) one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility” (italics mine). The intelligent tourist. McMahons Point, New South Wales: Margaret Gee Publishing (published 1992). 1993. p.415. ISBN 978-1-875574-16-2. It's not a matter of years, but of experience, don't you see? What are our casualties to date? Not far short of three million, I'd say, and a third of them dead at eighteen-plus. No one who hasn't been out can imagine what it's like. Mentally a man like you must have aged about a year every month, and that makes you immeasurably senior to theorists like me, and faithful old buffers like Cordwainer, Acton and Gibbs. God Is an Englishman is the first book in this wonderful saga about the Swann family. Adam Swann, a 31-year-old cavalryman in the service of Queen Victoria’s army, decides to break off with his family’s military tradition and gives up his soldierly life in lieu of starting anew in England as a businessman. The road ahead of him will not be easy, as old sentiments still prevail where people making a living in a new, industrial England are looked down on and someone like Adam, giving up his army career is thought foolish. Adam Swann persists in his desire to be his own boss and not spent his life serving somebody else, even if it’s the Crown of England. In his struggles to become a respectable and successful owner of a horse-carriage business, he has a few supporters, including his young wife, Henrietta and, surprisingly, his own father. The readers follow Adam and his personal and business lives for nine years. These are very tumultuous years for England as well. It is the 19th century, the country changes from an agricultural one into an industrial empire, with railroads ruling the transportation, mills, mines and factories replacing the farms and Adam Swann takes on a daring project of using horses as his road to success.FINALLY! Done and done with a bit of skip-skimming as the author steadfastly refused to smartly wrap things up w/o more tedious hosannas hung onto the title notion. Please ... All in all a decently entertaining book. Would've been better with fewer ruminations about England's gifted males(and some females) and overall wonderfulness. Also too much blah blah about relationships and love and all that sort of thing(as my step-father used to put it).

This is such an interesting read....a little predictable at times, but also surprising and interesting.Blubb found out that one of his transports of weapons was being watched by some Irishmen in hopes of stealing them. Blubb sent for Adam and along with the two bothers who drove the freight, they fought and killed two of the men trying to steal the weapons belonging to the government. This brought the government's attention and led to more contracts with them. The thieves weren't heard from again.

What was 18th century England like for a business man such as Adam Swann. This book is a family saga touching upon every aspect life. Almost every character falls under the scrutiny of our author. We learn who they are: What their ambitions,etc. almost a novel within themselves! I Horne, Donald (1992). "Interview with Robin Hughes". Australian Biography. Film Australia . Retrieved 20 February 2022. Needless to say, since its publication over 40 years ago, Hill's approach to the English revolution has been subject to extensive historiographical critique. The bourgeois revolution has come and gone, and the kind of deep-rooted ideological opposition to the Stuart monarchy that Hill traced has been junked for an interpretative framework that extends time frames, stresses a European context, focuses on regional and national motivations, and highlights the political failings of Charles I. At the same time, unlike Hill, few modern historians have the kind of Nonconformist inheritance that allows them to access that Cromwellian sense of Puritan mission that dwelt in much grander epochs.I decided to sample Delderfield after finishing the Poldark series and having withdrawal symptoms. I wanted another family I could sink my teeth into and become completely involved in. This novel was set in the same time frame as Poldark, but actually covers completely different issues, so I stopped comparing the two and just settled down to enjoy this story as a thing apart. That worked out fine, because there is a lot to enjoy here.