The Horseman

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Somerset, 1911 The forces of war are building across Europe, but this pocket of England, where the rhythms of lives are dictated by the seasons and the land, remains untouched Albert Sercombe is a farmer on Lord Prideaux s estate and his eldest son, Sid, is underkeeper to the head gamekeeper His son, Leo, a talented rider, grows up alongside the master s spirited daughter, Charlotte a girl who shoots and rides, much to the surprise of the locals In beautiful, pastoral writing, The Horseman tells the story of a family, a community, and the landscape they come from The Horseman is a return to the world invoked in Pears first award winning, extravagantly praised novel, In the Place of Fallen Leaves It is the first book of a trilogy that will follow Leo away from the estate and into the First World War and beyond Exquisitely, tenderly written, this is immersive, transporting historical fiction at its finest. Download The Horseman By Tim Pears – kino-fada.fr Even for someone like me who loves quietly told stories of people and their daily, sometimes mundane lives that I feel tell so much about the human spirit, the first half of this book was a bit too quiet However, beneath the methodical tending of the land, and the animals, mostly the horses, there is the story of a family, their way of life working hard on the estate of Lord Prideaux It s a hard life, but one that provides food and shelter and a place for one s vocation in this world of divide Even for someone like me who loves quietly told stories of people and their daily, sometimes mundane lives that I feel tell so much about the human spirit, the first half of this book was a bit too quiet However, beneath the methodical tending of the land, and the animals, mostly the horses, there is the story of a family, their way of life working hard on the estate of Lord Prideaux It s a hard life, but one that provides food and shelter and a place for one s vocation in this world of divided classes in rural England in 1911 It took a little time to get used to the conversational language, but detailed descriptions of the work in the fi...Set in 1911 1912 on the lands of Lord Prideaux in Somerset, Tim Pears s The Horseman follows the daily rounds of Leopold Sercombe, son of Albert, the estate s respected carter For most of the book, the author does not refer to Leo by name he is simply the boy , an almost archetypical figure of pastoral life, keenly observant of the ways of nature and intuitive in his communication with non human creatures A reluctant twelve year old schoolboy, whose hands feel the teacher s switchoften Set in 1911 1912 on the lands of Lord Prideaux in Somerset, Tim Pears s The Horseman follows the daily rounds of Leopold Sercombe, son of Albert, the estate s respected carter For most of the book, the author doe...It took me a while to get into this book The writing is hard to explain Once you get to know the characters and the setting of the book it is quite beautiful It is 1911 in England, Leo is the son of Albert Sercombe, a farmer of Lord Prideaux s estate The descriptions of everyday life and how everybody works together on the estate is gorgeous without being wordy There are no spare words and that is what drew me in It almost has a dreamy quality Almost This is the first book in a trilogy It took me a while to get into this book The writing is hard to explain Once you get...Pony sales, Bampton Fair, c.1900http www.the tls.co.uk articles priThis writing blew me away and I am so thankful that I spotted this on the shelf at the library It s one of those books that moves along with short chapters that are seemingly about nothingthan small everyday occurrences in the like of Leo, 12 who lives among the people who work the land and the animals on the farms of a giant estate in England, 1911 where all life is tied to the seasons and the weather Definitely a show vs a tell book and I swear at times I could smell feel the air a This writing blew me away and I am so thankful that I spotted this on the shelf at the library It s one of those books that moves along with short chapters that are seemingly about nothingthan small everyday occurrences in the like of Leo, 12 who lives among the people who work the land and the animals on the farms of a giant estate in England, 1911 where all life is tied to the seasons and the weather Definitely a show vs a tell book and I swear at times I could smell feel the air and that I was right there in the fields with these people The book goes on at this pace until almost the very end when you get blindsided.hard I actually wanted to yell no It s the first book of a trilogy and I might perhaps die whi...Very detailed which might put some off but the descriptions of farm life are amazing and tender but not syrupy.Currently in the early part of the book which is beautifully and meticulously written but a little slow The horse sections are well and accurately written but and this is only because I ve had horses all my life there is a sense of studied information When Leo is left at the farrier blacksmith with a lame mare so that her foot can be checked out her father takes the ot...It took me a while to get into this book, but it was well worth it in the end.It is constructed from episodes in lives of the rural inhabitants of a Devon estate The grouse shoot, ploughing, harvest and threshing, their lives follow a set rhythm of toil as their grandparents and great grandparent s did before them Their place in the world secure and unchanging The boy, Leopold Sercombe, the son of a carter is the main character Gifted with horses he isoften a quiet observer than an ac It took me a while to get into this book, but it was well worth it in the end.It is constructed from episodes in lives of the rural inhabitants of a Devon estate The grouse shoot, ploughing, harvest and threshing, their lives follow a set rhythm of toil as their grandparents and great grandparent s did before them Their place in the world secure and unchanging The boy, ...Tim Pears s short novel tells of 15 months in the life of 12 year old Leopold Sercombe, growing up in West Country the Somerset Devon border in 1911 His family live on a farming estate serving the Master Lord Prideaux in his manor house doing a variety of jobs around the estate Leo, skinny, pale and ...I love horses so that first drew me in.Such a wonderful, lyrical tale of life in rural England,1911.

The Horseman
  • 02 January 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 320 pages
  • 1632866935
  • Tim Pears
  • The Horseman