![]() “I suppose war is inevitable?” Ben asked. Is that not the very definition of decades of village life? Nothing has changed, seemingly, yet everything has, as witnessed by the conversation between Ben Cresswell, the vicar’s son, and Colonel Huntley, “formerly of the British army”: In Farleigh Field opens in August 1939, with a quintessentially British activity: a community cricket game in the Kentish village of Emsleigh. Who can forget Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s attempts to “achieve peace in our time.” But that approach was not successful, even though many English people pinned their hopes on Chamberlain’s attempts at diplomacy (characterized by some as appeasement). Students of history know that England was not “one voice” in the years before Great Britain finally declared war against Germany. Rhys Bowen’s In Farleigh Field invites readers to go back in time to just before and immediately after Great Britain went to war against Germany. Dick’s “what if” scenario is still intriguing. ![]() It imagines a world fifteen years after the victory of the Axis powers and forms the basis of a successful series on Amazon. Dick’s 1962 “alternative history novel” The Man in the High Castle. No war holds readers-and writers-more in thrall than the Second World War. ![]() In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen is inspired by the events and people of World War II, crafting a sweeping and riveting saga of class, family, love, and betrayal. ![]()
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