![]() ![]() But London is only a stop-over for roots-seeking Franklin he's on his way to take up squire-like residence in the Norfolk village of Castle Lancing, where his ancestors lived 300 years ago. American"" is Mark Franklin, a 35-ish mystery man who arrives in 1909 England with a Mexican saddle, a pair of Remington pistols, and apparently unlimited funds: he withdraws £50,000 in gold from American Express in London, stashing it in a safety deposit box for a rainy day he hires a valet, for 24 hours only, to advise him on the finest in clothes purchases and when a chance encounter wins him a night of love with musical-comedy charmer ""Pip"" Delys, he thanks her with some pricey gems. A gloriously old-fashoned novel-stately in pace, thickly textured, reticent yet romantic-about a stolidly old-fashioned hero worthy of Owen Wister. ![]()
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