The Spanish Farm
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1936.
As hundreds of thousands of young men enlist to fight on the Western Front, the Spanish Farm, standing amongst the undisturbed pastures of Flanders and built to withstand the wars of an earlier century, faces the horrors of the First World War with the same imperturbable stolidity. Billeted out as accommodation for the thousands of young soldiers heading to and from the trenches, the farm becomes an oasis of enduring sanity for those who pass through its doors. It is run by the notoriously tenacious farmer’s daughter, Madeleine Vanderlynden, a woman with the determination and business skill to rival any man’s. The war may have brought her a profitable business, but it has also taken Madeleine’s lover from her - the young and inexperienced Baron Georges, who rode off to the conflict on an impulse. And Madeline is not content to sit and wait for the war to be over.
Condition grading: Good. Pen signature to title page. Crease to rear cover corner. Foxing to front cover. Creasing and wear to spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1936.
As hundreds of thousands of young men enlist to fight on the Western Front, the Spanish Farm, standing amongst the undisturbed pastures of Flanders and built to withstand the wars of an earlier century, faces the horrors of the First World War with the same imperturbable stolidity. Billeted out as accommodation for the thousands of young soldiers heading to and from the trenches, the farm becomes an oasis of enduring sanity for those who pass through its doors. It is run by the notoriously tenacious farmer’s daughter, Madeleine Vanderlynden, a woman with the determination and business skill to rival any man’s. The war may have brought her a profitable business, but it has also taken Madeleine’s lover from her - the young and inexperienced Baron Georges, who rode off to the conflict on an impulse. And Madeline is not content to sit and wait for the war to be over.
Condition grading: Good. Pen signature to title page. Crease to rear cover corner. Foxing to front cover. Creasing and wear to spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1936.
As hundreds of thousands of young men enlist to fight on the Western Front, the Spanish Farm, standing amongst the undisturbed pastures of Flanders and built to withstand the wars of an earlier century, faces the horrors of the First World War with the same imperturbable stolidity. Billeted out as accommodation for the thousands of young soldiers heading to and from the trenches, the farm becomes an oasis of enduring sanity for those who pass through its doors. It is run by the notoriously tenacious farmer’s daughter, Madeleine Vanderlynden, a woman with the determination and business skill to rival any man’s. The war may have brought her a profitable business, but it has also taken Madeleine’s lover from her - the young and inexperienced Baron Georges, who rode off to the conflict on an impulse. And Madeline is not content to sit and wait for the war to be over.
Condition grading: Good. Pen signature to title page. Crease to rear cover corner. Foxing to front cover. Creasing and wear to spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
