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What if a drive through the English countryside leads straight into mistaken identity—and love?
In Set in Silver, C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson bring romance onto the open road. This witty novel unfolds through letters, with mistaken identity, motoring and sudden attachments sharing the journey. English scenery and country houses form the backdrop to a cheerful world where appearances matter.
The pleasures are gentle: lively talk, affairs of the heart and the freedom of travel in the early age of the motor car. The Williamsons keep the mood light and sociable. Read for the comedy of manners, the country house atmosphere and the promise of love along the way.
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- Early motoring pleasures Enter the early world of motor cars, where travel brings a sense of freedom.
- A cheerful escape Settle into a relaxed pace, bright settings and lively talk meant simply to entertain.
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Set in Silver
by C. N. Williamson; A. M. Williamson· 1909
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A romance built for the open road
The Williamsons made their name with novels that mixed love stories and travel. Their best-known work, The Lightning Conductor, sent its characters across Europe by motor car, and readers loved the sense of speed and freedom that the new machines gave.
Set in Silver belongs to the same tradition of light entertainment. The motor car is more than a way to get from place to place. It brings strangers together, throws people into unplanned company and gives a story its movement.
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Who wrote Set in Silver?
Set in Silver was written by the husband and wife team C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson, who produced many popular romances and travel novels together in the early twentieth century.
What kind of book is Set in Silver?
It is a light romantic novel in the tradition of early motoring fiction, mixing love, social comedy and the English countryside in a cheerful, entertaining way.
What else did the Williamsons write?
They are best known for The Lightning Conductor, a motoring romance across Europe, and for many other novels combining travel, society and love stories.
The author
C. N. Williamson
1857–1920 · British novelist and motoring journalist
British writer and motoring journalist, novelist frequently as duo with wife A. M. Williamson.
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