The Flint Anchor
Author: Warner, Sylvia Townsend
ISBN: 9780241476086
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 01 Jun 2021
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
A brilliant exploration of power and dysfunction in Victorian England
Pillar of society and stern upholder of Victorian values, god-fearing Norfolk merchant John Barnard presides over a large and largely unhappy family. This is their story - his brandy-swilling wife, their hapless offspring and their changing fortunes - over the decades. Sylvia Townsend Warner's last novel, The Flint Anchor gloriously overturns our ideas of history, family and storytelling itself.
ISBN: 9780241476086
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 01 Jun 2021
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
A brilliant exploration of power and dysfunction in Victorian England
Pillar of society and stern upholder of Victorian values, god-fearing Norfolk merchant John Barnard presides over a large and largely unhappy family. This is their story - his brandy-swilling wife, their hapless offspring and their changing fortunes - over the decades. Sylvia Townsend Warner's last novel, The Flint Anchor gloriously overturns our ideas of history, family and storytelling itself.
