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To Serve Them All My Days
R. F. Delderfield
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Description for To Serve Them All My Days
Paperback. The classic story of an English public school between the wars and an inspirational teacher, repackaged as a Hodder Great Read. Num Pages: 672 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 63. Weight in Grams: 496.
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...
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340839904
SKU
V9780340839904
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99-50
About R. F. Delderfield
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 ... Read more
Reviews for To Serve Them All My Days
Praise for R F Delderfield: Mr Delderfield's manner is easy, modest, heartwarming
Evening Standard
He built an imposing artistic social history that promises to join those of his great forebears in the long, noble line of the English novel. His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett
Life Magazine
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Evening Standard
He built an imposing artistic social history that promises to join those of his great forebears in the long, noble line of the English novel. His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett
Life Magazine
... Read more