The Forsyte Saga 1: The Man of Property

Passion, scandal and tragedy - one of the most absorbing family dramas ever written.

London of the 1880s: The Forsyte family is gathered - gloves, waistcoats, feathers and frocks - to celebrate the engagement of young June Forstye to an architect, Philip Bosinney. The family are intrigued but wary of this stranger in their midst, who they nickname 'the Buccaneer'. Amongst those present are Soames Forsyte and his beautiful wife Irene - his most prized possession. With that meeting a chain of heartbreaking and tragic events is set in motion that will split the family to the very core...

“THE FORSYTE SAGA was such a cracking good story...compulsive, as well as very modern and outrageous-- Sunday Times”

Praise for THE FORSYTE SAGA: 'An immortal achievement...it is, at all levels, readability itself Financial Times
Just because they were set in a world of frock-coats and ornate drawing rooms, we should not be blind to their modern dilemmas... the satire is sharp, the dialogue, elegant and witty, and the characterisation - dazzling Scotsman
THE FORSYTE SAGA was such a cracking good story...compulsive, as well as very modern and outrageous Sunday Times
Still a terrific read, a satisfying, long, absorbing family story...which knocks spots off its pale imitators Susan Hill
The books I most wish I'd written Penny Vincenzi

John Galsworthy was born on August 14, 1867, in Surrey and came from an established, wealthy family. Called to the Bar in 1890, he soon decided to abandon law and turn to writing. THE FORSYTE SAGA is his most celebrated work, but he was also a successful dramatist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1932.

In 1891 Galsworthy met his cousin's wife Ada Nemesis Pearson and they embarked on a scandalous affair, eventually marrying after Ada's divorce in 1905. John Galsworthy died on January 31, 1933.

The vicissitudes of the leading members of the newly propertied Forsyte family are followed in this captivating series set at the turn of the century. London of the 1880s: The Forsyte family is gathered--gloves, waistcoats, feathers, and frocks--to celebrate the engagement of young June Forstye to an architect, Philip Bosinney. The family is intrigued but wary of this stranger in their midst, who they nickname "the Buccaneer." Amongst those present are Soames Forsyte and his beautiful wife Irene--his most prized possession. With that meeting, a chain of heartbreaking and tragic events is set in motion that will split the family to the very core!""

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