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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 childhood together but Diana’s ambition, her passion for life that makes her so desirable, pulls her away from all that makes her happy. The fierce friendship that grew inevitably to love, develops as inevitably to conflict and a betrayal that will mark them both – until the trials of war offers them redemption.
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 childhood together but Diana’s ambition, her passion for life that makes her so desirable, pulls her away from all that makes her happy. The fierce friendship that grew inevitably to love, develops as inevitably to conflict and a betrayal that will mark them both – until the trials of war offers them redemption.
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Reviews
Praise for R F Delderfield:
'Seldom has the enchantment of young love been so tenderly drawn as in this story'
'A charming novel . . . recaptures with refreshing simplicity the awkwardness, excitement and delights of youth.'
R.F. Delderfield is a born storyteller
He 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
'Seldom has the enchantment of young love been so tenderly drawn as in this story'
Sheer, wonderful storytelling
Highly recommended. Combines tension with a splendid sense of atmosphere and vivid characterisation. An excellent read
'A charming novel . . . recaptures with refreshing simplicity the awkwardness, excitement and delights of youth.'
It 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
Mr Delderfield's manner is easy, modest, heartwarming