'The most significant work of its kind.' Times Literary Supplement

Winner of the Hawthornden Prize in 1925 -- Britain's oldest literary prize.

From the mud and terror of the Western Front to the quiet endurance of rural France, The Spanish Farm Trilogy is one of the most remarkable portraits of the Great War ever written.

The Spanish Farm - a solid old farmstead in French Flanders, named in the Spanish wars of centuries ago - now faces the horrors of the First World War with the same stolidity. Billeted out as accommodation for the thousands of young soldiers heading to and from the trenches, the farm becomes an oasis of enduring sanity for those who pass through its doors.

Through the eyes of Madeleine Vanderlynden -- a proud, resilient Flemish woman determined to protect her family's farm -- and the soldiers who pass through her world, from the disillusioned English officer Geoffrey Skene to the idealistic Frenchman Georges d'Archeville, this powerful trilogy explores love, loyalty and the shattering cost of war.

From the trenches of the Somme and Arras to the shattered villages of Flanders, men fight, and die amid mud, fire and the thunder of guns. For those who return, victory brings no peace -- only the haunting memory of what was lost. Together, their stories form a powerful portrait of ordinary lives transformed by the Great War's relentless toll.

IN THE COMPLETE SERIES:
Book 1: The Spanish Farm
Book 2: Sixty-Four, Ninety-Four!
Book 3: The Crime at Vanderlynden's

Published just six years after the end of the fighting, The Spanish Farm Trilogy is widely acknowledged as one of the great classics of World War One fiction, ranked alongside Goodbye to All That and The Secret Battle. Those who enjoy the WW1 novels of Erich Maria Remarque, Pat Barker, Sebastian Faulks and Ernest Hemingway will love The Spanish Farm Trilogy.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
R H Mottram served in France from 1914 to 1919. He was posted to the Western Front with the 9th battalion of the Norfolk Regiment in October 1915 where he took part in the defence of the Ypres Salient. The Spanish Farm was first published in 1924 and won the Hawthornden Prize. Mottram wrote some sixty books altogether and in 1966 he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of East Anglia. He died in 1971.

READERS LOVE THE SPANISH FARM TRILOGY:
?????????? 'One of the best, most comprehensive novels of WW1 that I've come across. No heroes; no great love affairs -- just different perspectives of reality.' Phil W.
?????????? 'It is faultless -- totally engaging and reads like a modern novel.' Closet Romantic
?????????? 'Excellent!... a forerunner to War Horse.' Amazon Customer
?????????? 'Illuminating portrayal of how WWI affected civilian residents caught in the conflict. Great read -- well-developed characters, plot based on fact, and great writing.' Littledog
?????????? 'This is a very fine novel -- restrained, understated, but moving nonetheless.' Biz5th
?????????? 'A good historical tale of survival.' Shirley A. O.

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