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  • Bibliography:
    22 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1967
  • Latest Book:
    July 1978
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Full Series List in Order

The Avenue

1 - The Dreaming Suburb ()
2 - The Avenue Goes to War (Jun-1970)

God Is An Englishman

1 - God Is An Englishman (Aug-1970)
2 - Theirs Was the Kingdom (Sep-1971)
3 - Give Us This Day (Nov-1973)

Horseman Riding by

1 - Long Summer Day (Mar-1975)
2 - Post of Honor (Mar-1978)
3 - The Green Gauntlet (Sep-1968)

Related Books

1 - Diana ()
2 - The Unjust Skies ()

Book List in Order: 22 titles



  • This saga of war and family from a New York Timesâ€"bestselling author is “sheer, wonderful storytelling” (Chicago Tribune). Spanning six decades, these three novels follow a man and his family as they struggle to adapt to life in a new world. Fr...



  • Paul and Claire Craddock have grown older in years - but not in spirit. World War II is over. But for Craddock and his family there are new battles to be fought and won. The new property laws enable speculators to reap huge profits from agricultural ...



  • The residents of a South London street face World War II together in this novel from the New York Timesâ€"bestselling author of The Dreaming Suburb.

    Years ago, the Great War tore apart the lives of the families living on Manor Park...



  • A MAGNIFICENT SAGA BEGINS! From the dusty plains and bloody battles of India to the teeming slums of 19th-century London, this is the epic saga of Adam Swann, the dynasty he founded, and the tempestuous runaway girl he met on the moors who became ...



  • The eagerly awaited reissue of the second novel in R. F. Delderfield's classic God Is an Englishman seriesTheirs Was the Kingdom is a stirring saga of England in the late 19th century, as the Industrial Revolution takes hold, forever changing the lan...



  • "R.F. Delderfield is a born storyteller." -- Sunday MirrorTo Serve Them All My Days is the moving saga of David Powlett-Jones, who returns from World War I injured and shell-shocked. He is hired to teach history at Bamfylde School, where he rejects...



  • In the early summer of 1792, young David Treloar left his native England for Paris -- and landed in the middle of one of history's most intense dramas, the infamous Reign of Terror. There he fell in love with quiet, darkly beautiful Charlotte Lamotte...



  • in the beloved classic God Is an Englishman saga “A heroic finale to the author’s cavalcade of middle-class life.” -- W. B. Hill, Best SellersSweeping Adam Swann and three generations of his family into the tide of events that followed Queen Vi...



  • Paul Craddock is still young when he is invalided out of the army after the Boer War and he discovers the neglected estate of Shallowford in a secluded corner of Devon. It seems remote from the march of progress. But as storm clouds gather over Europ...






  • The story of a modern Mr Chips suddenly fed up with his life as a schoolteacher, who leaves wife, home, and all he owns to set out on the road to freedom. Ahead lies Mr Sugg, the odd little man who teaches him the antiques trade, the generous hearted...



  • They set out as ten who must wend their way out from behind French lines in Portugal and back to the British army. This tale of the Peninsular Campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars offers an unforgettable adventure....





  • On village greens throughout Britain, stone memorials stand witness to the Great War and its terrible cost in human life. The remote Devon village of Shallowford is no exception. Many of its men fail to return, and many of those who do are forced to ...



  • Delderfield goes to war-World War II at home in England-and the result is a typically genial but some what half-hearted nostalgia-farce-satire that falls somewhere between Evelyn Waugh and No Time for Sergeants....



    • / Historical Romance
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    Nat Hearn came back from the War to be assistant editor and can carrier in chief of the Sandcome Clarion.

    R.F. Delderfield takes the lid off small town life with a relish born of experience and reveals the politicking and doubtful but only t...




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    From the New York Timesâ€"bestselling author of God is an Englishman comes the timeless story of a love that could not be denied, set in the countryside of early twentieth-century England.

    Fifteen-year-old John Leigh is living with...



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    Between the wars, the lives of four neighboring English families intersect in this “highly recommended” saga by a New York Timesâ€"bestselling author (Sunday Express).

    In the spring of 1919, his wife’s death brings Sergeant J...



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    The hero of R.F. Delderfield's memorable and haunting novel is Kent ("Pip") Stuart, a young man growing up in a small English seaside town, engaged to a pretty, sensible local girl, but momentarily dazzled by the possibility of higher things. A ma...






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    In this stirring saga, seven comrades and heroes slog through the swirl and tumult of the Napoleonic Wars, fighting for their lives across Europe, from Austria to Portugal, France to Russia, until the warriors confront their destiny at Waterloo. Draw...



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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

R.F. Delderfield has published 22 books.

R.F. Delderfield does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Stop at Winner, was published in July 1978.

The first book by R.F. Delderfield, A Horseman Riding By, was published in August 1967.

Yes. R.F. Delderfield has 4 series.