| The Trumpet-Major Contributor(s): Hardy, Thomas (Author), Rowe, Nicholas (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1094017019 ISBN-13: 9781094017013 Publisher: Naxos OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: May 2020 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
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| Publisher Description: War threatens the rich, green fields of Wessex in Hardy's historical novel, The Trumpet-Major. The Napoleonic Wars are at their height, and upheaval and uncertainty plague British soil. In the midst of it all the impoverished beauty Anne Garland finds herself at the center of a love quadrangle. She is torn between the persistent and annoying Festus Derryman, her womanizing childhood sweetheart Bob Loveday, and the reliable and thoughtful John Loveday, the eponymous Trumpet-Major. Who will she choose? Hardy's eighth published novel is a gentle and humorous tale about the confusion and conflict of life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hardy, Thomas: - Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset in 1840 and became an apprentice architect at the age of sixteen. He spent his twenties in London, where he wrote his first poems. In 1867 Hardy returned to his native Dorset, whose rugged landscape was a great source of inspiration for his writing. Between 1871 and 1897 he wrote fourteen novels, including Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. This final work was received savagely; thereafter Hardy turned away from novels and spent the last thirty year of his life focusing on poetry. He died in 1928.Rowe, Nicholas: - Nicholas Rowe's theater credits include The Madness of George III, Nation, Victory, Whipping It Up, and See How They Run. His television work includes Da Vinci's Demons, Loving Miss Hatto, The Borgias, Beau Brummel, and A Harlot's Progress, and his films include Nicholas Nickleby, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, and Young Sherlock Holmes. |