Stain through the first 17 pages - see photo Missing book jacket R.F. Delderfield Simon and Schuster- 1971, Fiction - 785 pages A brilliantly woven tapestry of history and adventure, this imposing novel continues the saga of the Victorian giant of commerce Adam Swann and his tough-minded wife, as it follows their fortunes in the penultimate decade of the nineteenth century, and in the careers of the five Swann children reflects both the triumphs and tragedies of Imperial England. sequel to God is an Englishman