About this title: The first volume of a trilogy set in Suffolk and spanning five centuries of a family's history. In 1391 Martin Reed was bound to the soil by the feudal system, but his resentment flared in open defiance and, encouraged by the woman he loved, he broke free to begin a new life.
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, New York
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Front endpaper tore out, nameplate inside front cover, webbing showing inside front cover, tear to spine half way up and card inside back cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, N Y
Date Published: 1959
Description: Very Good- No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 381 pp., Has light shelfwear, upper front corner heavilly bumped, Some soiling to spine, Prevs owners label and pen name on FFE, internally clean. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corgi Books
Date Published: 1/1/1959
Description: New. B000JDGDS6 READY TO SHIP! -NEW BOOK-Clean white pages: No marks, writing or stickers inside or out! Possibly some light shelf wear. From a Pet-free, Smoke-free warehouse. We ship to APO, FPO & Internationally. Ships within 24 to 48 hours. All items are wrapped securely to protect during shipping. Questions? Please email us and we'll be happy to assist you. Check our feedback and buy with confidence! read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Paper
Publisher: Pocket, N. Y.
Date Published: 1961
Description: Cover Art. Very Good. No Jacket. Vintage Paperback. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Cover Price.75--------#GC763----------The cover has very light wear with a crease by the spine.....Light yellowing to the pages... read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good. 2-tone hardcover (light green spine/black boards) w/dark green spine title, light wear/soil, nick at spine ends, pgs clean/white; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Description: Fair. 055209790X Condition: ACCEPTABLE. (Book has a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, heavy cover wear, name written inside cover, considerable underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, pages tanning / curling, etc. Overall, the book is in rough shape and should only be purchased as a reading copy. This is a blanket description. Please e us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your ... read more
"First in the 'house' trilogy. The beginning. The story starts with Martin reed who is a serf, a man little more than a slave in 13th century England.He describes his life so well you wonder if Norah Lofts had a time machine. The love of a simple wench and the realisation that he and she were merely chattels, belonging to the lord to do with as he would,made Martin so angry that he rebelled He struck the man who was his master, an act which could be punishable by death, and had to run. No help could be had from his family because they too were serfs and owned by the lord and they would be punished for helping him. So what to do? The story unfolds of how Martin came to leave the village he was born in ,and eventually build his house and found a dynasty. When you start reading this book, you will not be able to put it down. You will become bound up in the story, feel despair when he feels it, rage when someone does him wrong and joy when things come right for him against all odds. When you finish the book you will want to start reading the next in the trilogy. As usual Norah Lofts has thoroughly researched her subject material and the story is woven around facts about life at that time."
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