Forsythia

A Memoir of Lost Generations

Biography & Memoir, Historical
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Author: Peter Hovenden Longley ISBN: 9781475933536
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: July 27, 2012
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Peter Hovenden Longley
ISBN: 9781475933536
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: July 27, 2012
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

Encased within the drama of John Galsworthys The Forsyte Saga, Peter Hovenden Longley weaves an autobiographical reminiscence of his own English family from the 1880s to the 1960s. Brought up in the last days of Forsythia, a world of the 3 percent born in privilege to serve the British Empire, Longley celebrates his familys lost generations. Nothingneither the abdication of the king and emperor, Edward VIII, in 1936, nor Adolf Hitlers relentless bombscould shake the British peoples conviction that theirs was the eternal kingdom. Doggedly, they believed that after a good cup of strong, Indian tea, and a game of croquet on the lawn, Forsythia would go on forever. Forced to accept that the world they once loved was changing around them, Longleys family and their peers struggled to adapt to a new reality.
With the permission of the Galsworthy estate, Longley analyzes The Forsyte Saga and reflects on the impact of this work of literature. His was the last generation of Forsytes, witnesses to those final rays that filtered across the empire on which they all thought the sun would never set.
Fans of popular Edwardian-period shows like Downton Abbey, will fall in love with this hefty tome that examines the culture of that alluring time period through parallel lenses.
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Encased within the drama of John Galsworthys The Forsyte Saga, Peter Hovenden Longley weaves an autobiographical reminiscence of his own English family from the 1880s to the 1960s. Brought up in the last days of Forsythia, a world of the 3 percent born in privilege to serve the British Empire, Longley celebrates his familys lost generations. Nothingneither the abdication of the king and emperor, Edward VIII, in 1936, nor Adolf Hitlers relentless bombscould shake the British peoples conviction that theirs was the eternal kingdom. Doggedly, they believed that after a good cup of strong, Indian tea, and a game of croquet on the lawn, Forsythia would go on forever. Forced to accept that the world they once loved was changing around them, Longleys family and their peers struggled to adapt to a new reality.
With the permission of the Galsworthy estate, Longley analyzes The Forsyte Saga and reflects on the impact of this work of literature. His was the last generation of Forsytes, witnesses to those final rays that filtered across the empire on which they all thought the sun would never set.
Fans of popular Edwardian-period shows like Downton Abbey, will fall in love with this hefty tome that examines the culture of that alluring time period through parallel lenses.
SAN FRANCISCO BOOK REVIEW/SACRAMENTO BOOK REVIEW

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