The Flint AnchorA brilliant exploration of power and dysfunction in Victorian England Pillar of society and stern upholder of Victorian values, god fearing Norfolk merchant John Barnard presides over a large and largely unhappy family. This is their story his brandy swilling wife, their hapless offspring and their changing fortunes over the decades. Sylvia Townsend Warner's last novel, The Flint Anchor gloriously overturns our ideas of history, family and