Word: pontefract
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Dates: during 1937-1937
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...plot, although occasionally amusing, is at best a feeble affair. The small measure of acclaim the book deserves is owing to the character portrayal. Major Daviot, Captain Bradford, Mrs. Bradford, Lord Pontefract and some of the other important characters are well-delineated. This much is to be expected, for Mary Borden and her husband, Brigadier-General E. L. Spears, move in circles similar to those she describes, with officers living beyond their means and trying to counter-balance the everyday boredom of peacetime military existence by gambling for high stakes and similar diversions...
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