The town house.

Description:

The Town House" is the first in a trilogy of novels by Norah Lofts about the inhabitants of a country house in Suffolk from the late fourteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. It begins with the story of Martin Reed, a serf existing under the control of a universally accepted and supported hierarchy. His rebellion, in defence of the woman he loves, casts both of them into the unknown. Freed from his acceptance of circumstance, Reed forges a new path, a path which culminates in the building of the House, and the foundations of a dynasty.

subjects: Fiction in English,  Fiction,  Social life and customs,  Feudalism,  Historical fiction,  Serfs,  Emancipation,  Families,  History,  Women,  Fiction, general

Places: England

Times: 1066-1485