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  1. Ronald Frederick Delderfield was born at 37 Waller Road, New Cross, [1] London, in 1912 to Alice and William James Delderfield ( c. 1873 –1956). His father worked for a meat wholesaler in Smithfield Market, and was the first Liberal to be elected to Bermondsey Council. William supported women's suffrage and the Boer cause in the Boer War.

  2. R. F. Delderfield is a playwright, former journalist, and an English author of fiction. Born in New, Cross, London on February 12, 1912, he was a popular dramatist and English novelist. His full name is Ronald Frederick Delderfield. Many of his works were read widely at the time and still are. Some of them have even been adapted for television.

  3. R.F. Delderfield has 105 books on Goodreads with 38294 ratings. R.F. Delderfield’s most popular book is God Is an Englishman (Swann Saga, #1).

  4. February 12, 1912. Died. June 24, 1972. Genre. Literature & Fiction, Military History. edit data. Ronald Frederick Delderfield was a popular English novelist and dramatist, many of whose works have been adapted for television and are still widely read. Several of Delderfield's historical novels and series involve young men who return from war ...

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  5. R. F. Delderfield (1912–1972) was born in South London. On leaving school he joined the Exmouth Chronicle newspaper as a junior reporter and went on to become editor. He began to write stage plays and then became a highly successful novelist, renowned for brilliantly portraying slices of English life.

  6. Jun 27, 1972 · Mr. Delderfield, who was 60 years old, is survived by his widow, the former May Evans, whom he married in 1936. They had a son and a daughter. Wrote Series of Sagas. “I was always fascinated by ...

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  8. R.F. Delderfield. This bestselling novel set in the ruthless world of Victorian commerce follows the fortunes of Adam Swann, a scion of an Army family and veteran of campaigns in the Crimea and in India, in his quest to found his own financial dynasty. His struggle to succeed and his conquest of Henrietta, the spirited daughter of a rich ...