To Serve Them all my Days [electronic resource]
Delderfield, R. F.2011
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Miner's son David Powlett-Jones returns from the carnage of the Western Front in 1918, shell-shocked and bitterly hardened by the violence of war. He begins life again as a master at a remote Devon school, controlling the destiny of boys barely his junior. As the years pass David becomes a teacher of rare talent, begins to find peace, and is able to adjust to the changes which are overwhelming society. But soon he will have to face up to the prospect of another terrible war.
Main title:
To Serve Them all my Days [electronic resource] / R. F. Delderfield
Author:
Delderfield, R. F., Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Hodder & Stoughton, 2011
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
R F Delderfield was born in South London in 1912. On leaving school he joined the Exmouth Chronicle newspaper as a junior reporter, where he went on to become Editor. From there he began to write stage plays and then became a highly successful novelist, renowned for brilliantly portraying slices of English life. With the publication of his first saga, A Horseman Riding By, he became one of Britain's most popular authors. Many of his bestselling novels were later adapted for television. He died in 1973.
ISBN:
9781444719147
Language:
English
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BRN:
2899496
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