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Gangbare naam: Delderfield, R. F.
Officiële naam: Delderfield, Ronald Frederick
Geboortedatum: 1912-02-12
Overlijdensdatum: 1972-06-24
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: UK
Geboorteplaats: Bermondsey, London, England, UK
Plaats van overlijden: Sidmouth, Devon, England, UK
Oorzaak van overlijden: lung cancer
Woonplaatsen: London, England, UK
Sidmouth, Devon, England, UK
Addiscombe, England, UK
Opleiding: West Buckland School
Beroepen: journalist
editor (newspaper)
playwright
antique dealer
novelist
autobiographer
Relaties: Delderfield, Eric R. (brother)
Evans, May (wife)
Organisaties: Royal Air Force (WWII)
Exmouth Chronicle
Korte biografie: R.F. (Ronald Frederick) Delderfield was born in South London. The family moved to Devon when he was a child and he attended the West Buckland School. After leaving school, he became a junior reporter for his father's newspaper, the Exmouth Chronicle, and eventually rose to become its editor. He then began to write stage plays and became a highly successful novelist, renowned for his portrayals of slices of English life. His multi-novel sagas, including A Horseman Riding By (1966–1968), a trilogy consisting of Long Summer's Day, Post of Honour and The Green Gauntlet, made him one of Britain's most popular authors, and his books are still widely read. Many of his works were adapted for British television. His autobiography, For My Own Amusement, was published in 1972.

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Long Summer Day (A Horseman Riding By Book 1) door R. F. Delderfield

R. F. Delderfield was not on my radar at all but I dove into Long Summer Day for the BAC. It was just a wonderful, sprawling novel about England at the turn of the century. Paul Craddock is home from the Boer War, healing from a leg injury, and wondering what to do with himself when his father's partner in the scrap iron business arrives to take charge. Craddock ends up as Squire of an estate in rural Devonshire. From there, life unfolds for Paul and the families that work the land. The story basically moves from the coronation of Edward VII to that of George V. I thoroughly enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next two books in the series as my own long summer days spread out.… (meer)

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witchyrichy | 4 andere besprekingen | Jun 9, 2023 |

To Serve Them All my Days door R. F. Delderfield

A well done look at an English school for boys, taking place between the two world wars of the twentieth century. I never felt like putting it down, it kept me interested, even enthralled at times. Some of the slang confused me at first, but most became clear in the context.

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fuzzi | 19 andere besprekingen | Jan 21, 2023 |

Too Few for Drums door R. F. Delderfield

I read this many years ago when I was in high school, but I could never remember the title until now (I knew the author). It was enjoyable but I sure can't recall the details. One of my first samplings of historical novels, I think.

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kslade | 2 andere besprekingen | Dec 8, 2022 |

Give Us This Day door R. F. Delderfield

I must confess to being very happy to finish this trilogy. It started out quite promising, book two less so, and book three very disappointing. Delderfield felt it was necessary to revisit every incident from the first two books, stopped for endless history lessons, and seemed at a complete loss as to what to do with all the myriad characters he had created.

I cannot help thinking there was a good germ of an idea for these novels that got buried early on. He invented some interesting characters that he just dropped, presumably because he either did not know what to do with them or could not fit them into his desire to pursue a historical thread Delderfield seemed to be determined to have a personal connection for each historical event of the century, and that required too many characters, for which there was far too little development. You could not care about any one character, because the author was too quickly off to someone else.

For me, there is one cardinal rule in fiction, that being that there must be consistency. You cannot tell me that a character is a certain thing and then have them do something that is contrary to that without offering me an explanation. I caught Delderfield doing this frequently.

Having a reading partner was a great relief. She brought a sense of humor to the journey, and she kept me willing to continue reading. So, thank you, Lori. On to better things!
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