1926. A Novel. The third in a series that includes âSome Do Notâ and âNo More Paradesâ. It chronicles the life of Christopher Tietjens, âthe last Toryâ, a brilliant government statistician from a wealthy landowning family who is serving in the British Army during World War I. The novel opens on Armistice Day and follows the fortunes of Tietjens and Valentine Wannop, until their paths finally cross again in post-war London.