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11%OFFA. J. Cronin - A Song of Sixpence - 9781447244004 - 9781447244004
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A Song of Sixpence

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Description for A Song of Sixpence Paperback. From the author of The Stars Look Down and The Citadel, and the creator of Dr Finlay's Casebook Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.

In the heat of late afternoon, a young boy waits at the station for his father. A plume of steam, white against the purple-heathered hills, marks the train. Beyond, blooming along the shoreline, the flowers of high summer, as a tall-funnelled paddle steamer beats and froths down the wide Clyde estuary . . .

A narrative in the great Cronin tradition, this is the stirring chronicle of Laurence Carroll as he grows from childhood to adult years in Scotland. The tale of his struggles – early illness, a widowed mother, poverty, the uncles who try to help him, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447244004
SKU
9781447244004
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Ref
99-2

About A. J. Cronin
Born in Cardross, Scotland, A J Cronin studied at the University of Glasgow. In 1916 he served as a surgeon sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteers Reserve, and at the war's end he completed his medical studies and practiced in South Wales. He was later appointed to the Ministry of Mines, studying the medical problems of the mining industry. He ... Read more

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