{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2014}} [[File:Flambards Divided.jpg|thumb|First edition (publ. OUP)]] '''''Flambards Divided''''' (1981) is a sequel to the Flambards trilogy, written by K. M. Peyton.
==Synopsis== ''Flambards Divided'' continues the story of Christina, who has married Dick, following the death of her first husband, her cousin Will, during World War I. No one approves of Christina's marriage to Dick, because of his poor background, and his family's hardships. When Will's older brother, Mark, returns from the war in France, he is badly injured. Although still his arrogant old self, he is deeply resentful of Dick. Christina finds herself torn between the two and ends by doing what she never believed she would do: falling in love with Mark.
==Critical reaction== Many have objected to the way the fourth book reverses the ending of the original trilogy;<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5i9m_AYi3M8C&dq=flambards+divided&pg=PA176 John Rowe Townsend, ''Written for Children: An Outline of English-Language Children's Literature''], Scarecrow Press, 1996. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-3117-9}}. p 176-177</ref> others have praised it, often for its political reasons{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}}). Victor Watson, the editor of the Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English, has referred to the book as, "terrific...succeeds in capturing with great subtlety and nuance K.M. Peyton’s strong sense of the past and effortlessly combining it with an entirely modern and contemporary story of young people today."
However, the events in the book do not appear in the television series, which was completed before ''Flambards Divided'' was written.
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Category:1981 British novels Category:Novels by K. M. Peyton Category:Oxford University Press books