Phillip George Rock richtte zich op het schrijven van romans die het leven van families en hun geschiedenissen door de decennia heen onderzochten. Zijn stijl werd gekenmerkt door gedetailleerde karakterportretten en een vloeiende verteltrant die lezers onderdompelde in de tijdperken die hij beschreef. Hij benadrukte menselijke lotsbestemmingen en familiale banden tegen de achtergrond van historische gebeurtenissen.
A novel of the young, born during or just after the war to end all wars. They grow to young adulthood as the inheritors of the hatred spawned by the Treaty of Versailles: Derek Ramsey, born only weeks after his father fell in France.
Before Downton Abbey, there was Abingdon Pryory.... He drove up to Flanders in the early summer of 1921 knowing that it would be for the last time. He had finally, after nearly four years, reconciled himself to the unalterable fact that she was dead.
Before Downton Abbey, there was Abingdon Pryory, the elegant country home of the Grevilles-a titled English family who, along with their servants, see their world turned upside down when England goes to war.
Sunflower. The Passing Bells. The Education of Little Tree. The Mountain Farm
Le campane dell'addio. Il vecchio quartiere. La rupe del capricorno. Una strana agenzia matrimoniale
