Description Constable & Company, Revised and Reprinted May 1921. Hard cover, 270 pages followed by ads for other books by the author. Blue boards with lighter blue lettering on front and spine; some edge wear, corners worn with bits of board exposed, spine ends pushed with wear. Some rubs and spots on boards; bottom edge rough cut. No jacket. Front endpaper removed; binding cracked in spots; p. 1 partly detached, remaining pages secure. Occasional age spotting throughout; pages lightly tanned. Follows the Braden family after their father’s death, as heirs to Whern Abbey after World War I. Family relationships, decaying as is the Abbey, relates to changes occurring in Victorian England.