God is an Englishman Author:R.F. Delderfield Adan Swann, scion of an army family, has seen active service in the Crimea and India, and determines to make his fortune and found his own dynasty in the ruthless world of Victorian commerce. His struggles and the story of his conquest of Henrietta, the spirited daughter of a rich manufacturer, for the central theme of a novel that takes the re... more »ader from the dusty plains and bloody battles of India to the teeming slums of 19th century London.« less