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| ''The Edge of the Cloud'', the second novel in the series, continues directly from the end of the first book and follows William and Christina's relationship and his aviation, with a back-drop of upcoming war, suffragettes and the death of Mr Dermot and Sandy (William's friends). The book culminates in William and Christina's marriage, with the knowledge that he will join the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) three days after the end of their honeymoon. | ''The Edge of the Cloud'', the second novel in the series, continues directly from the end of the first book and follows William and Christina's relationship and his aviation, with a back-drop of upcoming war, suffragettes and the death of Mr Dermot and Sandy (William's friends). The book culminates in William and Christina's marriage, with the knowledge that he will join the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) three days after the end of their honeymoon. | ||
| A widowed Christina gives birth to William's daughter Isobel in ''Flambards in Summer'', and falls in love with Dick (the former stable-lad), who has returned to Flambards to manage the farm. In ''Flambards Divided'', Christina and Dick find soon after their marriage that they want different things in life. He falls in love with Clara, Isobel's nursemaid, and Christina falls in love with Mark who has been changed in the war. Although she states "No-one will ever be the same as William", she ends ''Flambards Divided'' happily, with the knowledge that she and Mark will marry as soon as laws are changed so that a man can marry his brother's widow. | A widowed Christina gives birth to William's daughter Isobel in ''Flambards in Summer'', and falls in love with Dick (the former stable-lad), who has returned to Flambards to manage the farm. In ''Flambards Divided'', Christina and Dick find soon after their marriage that they want different things in life. He falls in love with Clara, Isobel's nursemaid, and Christina falls in love with Mark who has been changed in the war. Although she states "No-one will ever be the same as William", she ends ''Flambards Divided'' happily, with the knowledge that she and Mark will marry as soon as laws are changed so that a man can marry his brother's widow. | ||
| ==TV adaptation== | |||
| A popular British television series (made in 1978 but not shown until 1979) was based on the first three novels in the series - ''Flambards Divided'' had not been written at this stage. Called simply ''Flambards'', the programme starred ] and ]. Thirteen 50-minute episodes (an hour long including commercials) were made by ] for ], adapted by ], ] and ]. | |||
| The music soundtrack was written by ]; the "Song of Christina", for which many best remember the series, was sung by Nick Curtis. The music also featured the ] with its distinctive, haunting electronic sound. An LP of the theme and incidental music (featuring the David Fanshawe Ensemble conducted by ]) was released by ], but never enjoyed a commercial CD release. It can now be bought directly from the composer.<ref> CD - FLAMBARDS - Music Highlights</ref> | |||
| ===Video and DVD releases=== | |||
| ] | |||
| The series initially appeared on PAL ] in 1994, released by the now defunct ] label, and then received a further ] release in 1999 by ], which had taken over YTV in 1997. This was superseded by a region 2 ] released by Granada subsidiary VCI in January 2004. This DVD was deleted in 2005, but the series was again released on DVD by Network on July 31, 2006, with a limited edition including a CD of the music from the series also being made available. | |||
| In the ], the series was released on region 1 DVD in June 2001. | |||
| Episodes of ''Flambards'' were among those used to make the ] comedy series '']'' in 2004. | |||
| ===Reruns=== | |||
| The series has also been repeated in the UK on archive channels such as Hallmark and ] (then known as UK Drama). It appeared on ] stations in the ] in 1979, and on the US channel ] in the early 1990s. | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Author | K. M. Peyton |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Victor Ambrus |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (UK) & World Publishing Co. (USA) |
| Publication date | September 1967 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 193 pp (UK hardback first edition) & 206 pp (US hardback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-19-271278-0 (UK hardback first edition) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| OCLC | 15590093 |
| Followed by | The Edge of the Cloud |
Flambards is a novel by the English author K. M. Peyton.
The book and its three sequels are set just before, during, and after World War I. The first book, originally published in 1967, tells how the teenage heroine, orphaned heiress Christina Parsons, comes to live at Flambards, the impoverished Essex estate owned by her crippled and tyrannical uncle, William Russell, and his two sons, Mark and Will. Its original sequels were The Edge of the Cloud and Flambards in Summer (both 1969); Flambards Divided (1981) controversially reversed the ending of the original trilogy.
Plot summary
Christina Parsons, who has been shunted around the family since she was orphaned at five years old in 1901, is sent to live at Flambards with her mother's half-brother, the crippled Russell. Her Aunt Grace speculates that Russell plans for Christina to marry his son Mark in order to restore Flambards to its former glory using the money that she will inherit on her twenty-first birthday. Mark is as brutish as his father, with a great love for hunting, whereas the younger son William is terrified of horses and aspires to be an aviator. Christina soon finds friendship with an injured William, who challenges her ideas on class boundaries, as well as a love for horses and hunting. William and Christina eventually fall in love and elope at the end of the first book.
The Edge of the Cloud, the second novel in the series, continues directly from the end of the first book and follows William and Christina's relationship and his aviation, with a back-drop of upcoming war, suffragettes and the death of Mr Dermot and Sandy (William's friends). The book culminates in William and Christina's marriage, with the knowledge that he will join the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) three days after the end of their honeymoon. A widowed Christina gives birth to William's daughter Isobel in Flambards in Summer, and falls in love with Dick (the former stable-lad), who has returned to Flambards to manage the farm. In Flambards Divided, Christina and Dick find soon after their marriage that they want different things in life. He falls in love with Clara, Isobel's nursemaid, and Christina falls in love with Mark who has been changed in the war. Although she states "No-one will ever be the same as William", she ends Flambards Divided happily, with the knowledge that she and Mark will marry as soon as laws are changed so that a man can marry his brother's widow.
References
External links
- Flambards at IMDb
- a Flambards forum
- Flying Dreams - a Flambards fan page
- a Flambards fan page