The Soldier's Return

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Melvyn Bragg

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Unsentimental, truthful and wonderful Beryl Bainbridge, Independent Books of the Year When Sam Richardson returns in 1946 from the Forgotten War in Burma to Wigton in Cumbria, he finds the town little changed. But the war has changed him, broadening his horizons as well as leaving him with traumatic memories. In addition, his six-year-old son now barely remembers him, and his wife has gained a sense of independence from her wartime jobs. As all three strive to adjust, the bonds of loyalty and love are stretched to breaking point in this taut, and profoundly moving novel. An outstandingly good novel...utterly credible, utterly compelling, and very enjoyable Allan Massie, Scotsman Deeply felt, beautifully realised John Sutherland, Sunday Times The first Great War came alive in Faulks s Birdsong; the second Great War, and in particular the Burma campaign, comes very much alive in Melvyn Bragg s The Soldier s Return wholly absorbing John Bayley, Evening Standard Sympathetic, touching, infinitely believable...This is a highly accomplished novel D.J. Taylor, Literary Review

Author Biography:

Melvyn Bragg's first novel, FOR WANT OF A NAIL, was published in 1965 and since then his novels have included THE HIRED MAN, for which he won the Time/Life Silver Pen Award, WITHOUT A CITY WALL, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, CREDO and THE MAID OF BUTTERMERE. He has also written several works of non-fiction including SPEAK FOR ENGLAND, an oral history of the twentieth century, and RICH, a biography of Richard Burton. He was born in 1939 and educated at Wigton's Nelson Tomlinson School and at Oxford where he read history. He is controller of Arts at LWT and President of the National Campaign for the Arts, and in 1998 he was made a life peer. He lives in London and Cumbria.

Release date NZ

May 18th, 2000

Author

Melvyn Bragg

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Edition

2nd edition

Illustrations

None

Pages

384

Dimensions

128x196x26

ISBN-13

9780340751015

Product ID

3222243

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