Project Gutenberg 2023-12-17 Public domain in the USA. 133 Mottram, R. H. (Ralph Hale) 1883 1971 Marjoram, J. Mottram, Ralph Hale The crime at Vanderlynden's $aLondon :$bChatto & Windus, $c1926. Book 3 of The Spanish farm trilogy. Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Crime at Vanderlynden’s" by R. H. Mottram is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set during World War I, it unfolds in a war-torn Flemish village where British soldiers interact with local civilians, primarily focusing on an incident involving a damaged shrine and its implications. The novel delves into the complexities of military-civilian relations during wartime, exploring themes of dignity, misunderstanding, and the consequences of malevolent acts amidst chaos. At the start of the story, we are introduced to Stephen Doughty Dormer, a young bank clerk serving in military staff, who is embroiled in an incident concerning a claim made by an elderly Belgian farmer, Mr. Vanderlynden. The claim involves damages done to a religious shrine allegedly by a soldier, with the narrative highlighting the tension between the occupying forces and the affected civilians. Dormer is tasked with investigating the claim and ultimately seeks to determine the truth behind the allegation while grappling with the moral ambiguities and the chaotic nature of war that surrounds him. The interplay of military authority, personal integrity, and the quest for justice sets the stage for the unfolding drama, hinting at deeper explorations of duty and human experience during conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.302073 20220321114632mottram 1926 GB Reading ease score: 81.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: British Literature 357102 2025-06-28T13:34:09.689581 text/html 332379 2023-12-17T13:47:01 text/html 672220 2025-06-28T13:34:15.109518 application/epub+zip 676037 2025-06-28T13:34:11.042553 application/epub+zip 397877 2025-06-28T13:34:10.282517 application/epub+zip 1421601 2025-06-28T13:34:18.147541 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1148220 2025-06-28T13:34:14.499547 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 325708 2025-06-28T13:34:09.055515 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 305841 2023-12-17T13:47:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16198 2025-06-28T13:34:18.280505 application/rdf+xml 16561 2025-06-28T13:34:10.503520 image/jpeg 2468 2025-06-28T13:34:10.396511 image/jpeg 1019519 2025-06-28T13:34:09.729572 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia