Post of Honor is the second book in the “A Horseman Riding By” trilogy by R. F. Delderfield. There is just something about Delderfield’s writing that sort of lulls you into feeling that you belong in the quaint, bucolic countryside. Maybe it’s just because, if I had had a chance to choose where I wanted to live, it would have been somewhere like this; on a farm somewhere in the quiet countryside.

But, that being said, I did find myself doing more skimming than in the first volume. (Print length is 812 pages, so maybe that’s why).

Amazon said it best:

Through hard work and love of the land, Boer War vet Paul Craddock has transformed the sprawling West Country estate of Shallowford. With his wife and three children he enjoys a peaceful country life. But war has begun its inevitable march across England, and this remote corner of Devon cannot escape its cruel destruction. Young farmers of the village—barely men when they enlist—are dying in the field or coming home to a way of life that is rapidly disappearing. Yet as the Great War ends and another threatens to erupt, Craddock’s faith and the strength he derives from his family will sustain him and his beloved village through trying, tumultuous times.

Filled with vivid imagery and timeless emotion, this is the unforgettable story of a farming family and a vanishing way of life.