Phillip George Rock focused on writing novels that explored the lives of families and their histories across decades. His style was characterized by detailed character portrayals and a fluid narrative that immersed readers in the eras he depicted. He emphasized human destinies and familial bonds against the backdrop of historical events.
A novel of the young, born during or just after the war to end all wars. They grow to young adulthood as the inheritors of the hatred spawned by the Treaty of Versailles: Derek Ramsey, born only weeks after his father fell in France.
Before Downton Abbey, there was Abingdon Pryory.... He drove up to Flanders in the early summer of 1921 knowing that it would be for the last time. He had finally, after nearly four years, reconciled himself to the unalterable fact that she was dead.
Sunflower. The Passing Bells. The Education of Little Tree. The Mountain Farm
Before Downton Abbey, there was Abingdon Pryory, the elegant country home of the Grevilles-a titled English family who, along with their servants, see their world turned upside down when England goes to war.