"Peter Jameson: A Modern Romance" by Gilbert Frankau is a story that follows Peter Jameson, a man deeply involved in the cigar business, as he tries to find his way in the world during the time of World War I. Set in London, the novel looks at Peter’s goals, his relationships, and how he deals with the challenges of a society on the brink of war. The book starts by showing Peter's background and his family's history in the cigar industry, giving us a peek into his dreams and the problems he faces. As Peter thinks about his job and his relationship with his wife, Patricia, the story starts to examine big ideas like ambition, love, and how war changes everything, all while showing the complicated details of Peter's everyday life as he balances his business, marriage, and being a parent.
Peter Jameson: A Modern Romance
By Gilbert Frankau
In a city overshadowed by the threat of global conflict, a cigar importer must navigate love and family even as the battlefields change the world forever.
Summary
About the AuthorCaptain Gilbert Frankau was a popular British novelist. He was known also for verse, including a number of verse novels, and short stories.
He was born in London into a Jewish family but was baptised as an Anglican at the age of 13. After education at Eton College, he went into the family cigar business and became managing director on his twenty-first birthday, his father, Arthur Frankau, having died in November 1904.
A few months before his death, at sixty-eight, from lung cancer, he converted to Roman Catholicism.
Captain Gilbert Frankau was a popular British novelist. He was known also for verse, including a number of verse novels, and short stories. He was born in London into a Jewish family but was baptised as an Anglican at the age of 13. After education at Eton College, he went into the family cigar business and became managing director on his twenty-first birthday, his father, Arthur Frankau, having died in November 1904. A few months before his death, at sixty-eight, from lung cancer, he converted to Roman Catholicism.
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