This is the long story of Sally Ann from a fourteen-year-old child-woman who met an older man at a village dance, through to motherhood while the Battle of Britain raged overhead. Her father, old Mr Sutton, a gentle kindly man, telling his wry humorous tales from an earlier age when his father seemed to employ the entire village. Solemn young Sidney who managed his life to the last farthing, farms in partnership with his shy, sensitive older brother who suffered a catastrophic personal loss; only saved by a supportive auctioneer who provided a lifeline of man-to-man friendship. This is also the story of the birth of the Second Agricultural Revolution told in three ages: nineteen twenty-nine; nineteen thirty-nine; nineteen forty-nine. Daily life in the English countryside emerges through the stormy lives of the main characters.
Second Revolution: The Birth of the Second Revolution, Told in Three Ages
£9.99
Book Details
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| ISBN (Paperback) | 9781913012977 |
| Language | English |
| Page Extent | 228 |
| Page Size | B Format Portrait (198×129mm) |
About The Author
Colin Fletcher
A lifelong interest in local history was sparked by a village schoolmaster when the author was eight years old. He had led his pupils on a short walk from the school to the rather fine church where the group gathered in the shade of a yew tree. No doubt Mr Barnes pointed out important architectural details, but the author only remembers the excitement he felt when told he was standing in the very spot where the roundhead soldiers had stood an unimaginable three centuries earlier, as they attacked the decorated stonework of the church at East Knoyle. During a long life, mostly connected to farming in Ontario, Western Australia and Wiltshire, the fascination with history never faded. An understanding of recent centuries merely raised further questions of even earlier times; the succession of questions seemed to become one huge enquiry. Yet this has been a practical life, pursued for the most part in sunshine or rain, long hours of physical labour while caring for farm animals. The pleasure of writing fiction was a late discovery; now an ancient novice is hoping to share that pleasure.
