The Archers: To the victor the spoils
The Archers: To the victor the spoils by Jock Gallagher
English | 1988 | ISBN: 0563205997 | 160 Pages | PDF | 10.1 MB
English | 1988 | ISBN: 0563205997 | 160 Pages | PDF | 10.1 MB
Daniel Archer escapes the mud of Flanders to take over the tenancy of Brookfield Farm on the death of his father in 1916. It is his younger brother Ben who is most devastated by the horrors of the Great War - try as he will, he cannot forget the stench and din of Passchendaele. On his return to Ambridge at the end of the war he is unable to settle down to work on the farm, and chafes beneath Daniel’s authority. To make matters worse, both brothers are interested in the same girl, Doris Forrest, daughter of the local gamekeeper…
To the Victor the Spoils is the first volume in The Archers trilogy. It is the story of young Daniel Archer’s struggle to make a success of Brookfield Farm in the agricultural depression of the early twenties. And it is the story of the early friendships, the loves and the rivalries that will play their part in shaping the later fortunes of the small Borsetshire village.The other volumes in The Archers trilogy are Return to A m bridge and Borchester Echoes.