R. F. Delderfield

Adam Swann is now an old man and at the start of the Edwardian era the motor engine starts to take over from horses, which has a huge effect on 'Swann-on-wheels'.  Book 3 of series.

A saga of England in the 1860s. Adam Swann resolves to throw his talents into the establishment of a chain of road haulage depots throughout the country, and we read of the fluctuations of the firm and of the individuals who serve it.  Book 1 of series.

As Paul Craddock recovers from his Boer War injuries, he starts to plan a new life. As soon as he is able he invests all he has in a remote but beautiful estate in Devon, determined to make something wonderful of the place and to be at the heart of what is most real and most important.  Book 1 of series

A Victorian family chronicle about the rise to wealth of Adam Swann and his ever-expanding network of transport depots which stretch north to the scottish Highlands and west to the Dublin Pale. Masterly storytelling.  Book 2 of series.