The Town House

About this book

The Town House" is the first in a trilogy of novels by Norah Lofts about the inhabitants of a country house in Suffolk from the late fourteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. It begins with the story of Martin Reed, a serf existing under the control of a universally accepted and supported hierarchy. His rebellion, in defence of the woman he loves, casts both of them into the unknown. Freed from his acceptance of circumstance, Reed forges a new path, a path which culminates in the building of the House, and the foundations of a dynasty.

Subjects

  • emancipation
  • families
  • feudalism
  • fiction
  • fiction, general
  • fiction in english
  • historical fiction
  • history
  • serfs
  • social life and customs
  • women