. . . and so, not surprisingly is Adam Swann, whose road haulage
business in the 1850's and '60's is a veritable temple to exemplary
management, integrity and industry. Swann, no trumpeter for mere
military conquering, left soldiering, and on the capital realized
from a Ranee's jeweled necklace found on an Indian battlefield,
buys a few vehicles and sets them rolling in the interests of
growth and progress. But there are ruts in the ways of the
merchantman. His marriage to spirited child-woman Henrietta,
runaway from the dictates of her coarse mill-owner father who,
literally, talks a different language ("Ah thowt that'd bowl thee
over") has hot ups and chilly downs until she matures into a
competent executive. The unmarried girl who loves him, Edith, with
freckled arms and a head for business, muses him some disquiet
until she marries a thief she had reclaimed for her very own.
Swann's partner dribbles away the profits and Swarm himself nearly
loses his life on a train in which novelist Dickens was also
travelling ("Good God, it's him! It's Dickens!"). But in spite of
setbacks and intermittent depressions about the lot of child
laborers, all ends happily. Play fair and the world plays along.
But with all the countinghouse detail, even Delderfield's loyal
customers may be jogged to sleep before the final depot. (Kirkus
Reviews)
Adam Swann is hungry for success. He is one of the new breed of
entrepreneurs thrown up by the Industrial Revolution, determined to
take advantage of current economic conditions to build an
unrivalled business empire. And he is determined to win the
beautiful, strong-minded Henrietta, and persuade her to share in
his struggles and triumphs.
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