Black Diamonds by Catherine Bailey

Published by Viking/ Penguin Group 2007

ISBN 978-141-01923-9

About the coal mining industry in 1930s England, the impact of WW II on the landed gentry, the Socialist Movement, the plight of the working class, and the rise and fall of the Fitzwilliam family.

A surprisingly roaring good read.

Particularly meaningful and poignant, on the eve of Labour Day.