Stephen R. Thorne

A vivid evocation of rural life first published in 1969, in which the reminiscences of survivors of the Great War, the concerns of the younger farm workers, and the personal recollections of a host of villagers paint a moving portrait of an English village in Suffolk.

In Georgian England, an agent to the Duke of Penrith is sent to the Durham town of Woolbridge to settle the affairs of one of the Duke's tenants following his sudden death. The agent discovers a network of corruption but is thwarted by the town's magistrate.

Genghis Khan confronts the Chin in the city of Yenking. They are confident and brave, setting a trap for the raiders, but Genghis will not give up.  Book 2 of series.

Thirty-five years on from Blythe's 'Akenfield' (9197) - which is a moving portrait of English country life – farmers, orchardmen and Eastern European migrant workers offer a panoramic portrait of rural English society at a time of change, focusing on the village in Suffolk on which 'Akenfield' was based.

A moving tale of unrequited love, which revolves around the young woman Grace Melbury, who returns to the leafy world of Little Hintock and finds herself at the centre of a number of tragic events. Fate and the constraints of society thwart the happiness of our heroine.