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Lofts's final work bears the storyteller's signet that distinguished her more than 40 novels. A very special house is the centerpiece of this historical narrative that begins in 17th century England when Adam Woodley, a skilled pargeter (plasterer), has a house named in honor of his craft. His one-sided marriage to the daughter of Pargeter's owner begins the line of men and women who, through the Civil War between Royalists and Roundheads, tried to hold on to the beloved property. It is Adam's daughter Sarah who ultimately survives, enduring a loveless marriage to save her heritage when it is sequestered in the postwar spoils. In the unfolding of Sarah's struggle for the restoration of Partegers, Lofts takes the reader into a turbulent period as the effects of war, Puritanism and local brutalities tear at the fiber of doughty Anglians. [Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. ]
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Pargeters is the English manor house built in the 17th century and named after the "pargeter" (plasterer) who designed it. This final novel by the late author is about the family who struggled to retain the house during the turbulence of the Civil War, Cromwell's rule, and the Restoration. Seventeen-year-old Sarah Woodley-Mercer assumes the responsibility for Pargeters and its people when her parents and brother die. Ultimately, her only hope is to marry a former worker who receives the estate as a war bonus. His dour Puritanism makes life wretched for everyone until his own daughter brings release for the others by poisoning him. Although rather somber, this is a vivid re-creation of a historical period, as are all of the earlier Lofts books. For most public libraries. Joan Hinkemeyer, Denver P.L. [Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. ]
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Fiction, Great Britain Civil War, 1642-1649, History, Puritanism, English Civil War, English Restoration, Civil War (Great Britain : 1642-1649) fast (OCoLC)fst01352303, 1642-1660, Civil War and Commonwealth, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, war & military, Great britain, history, civil war, 1642-1649, fiction, Fiction, generalPeople
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