Theirs Was The Kingdom (110 page)

Born in South London in 1912,
R. F. Delderfield
was a journalist, playwright, and a highly successful novelist, renowned for brilliantly portraying slices of English life. He has remained one of England’s most beloved novelists, with many of his novels being adapted into television and film, including the landmark BBC miniseries of
To Serve Them All My Days
.