Francis Brett Young (1884–1954) is one of Britain’s underrated and neglected regional novelists, and, in his introduction to this volume, John Howard discusses his life and the themes that dominate his novels.
Cold Harbour,does the evil of Cold Harbour originate in Furnival himself, or has Cold Harbour infected him with its malign presence? And can the Wakes find some way of saving Mrs Furnival before she, too, is ensnared by the house?