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A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight #5
Fox Under My Cloak
Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket is sunned. Edges are creased and nicked. Board spine ends are slightly bumped. Page block and page edges are tanned. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW
- GenresFiction
416 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1955
About the author
Henry Williamson
148 books55 followersHenry William Williamson was an English soldier, naturalist, farmer and ruralist writer known for his natural history and social history novels, as well as for his fascist sympathies. He won the Hawthornden Prize for literature in 1928 with his book Tarka the Otter.
Henry Williamson is best known for a tetralogy of four novels which consists of The Beautiful Years (1921), Dandelion Days (1922), The Dream of Fair Women (1924) and The Pathway (1928). These novels are collectively known as The Flax of Dream and they follow the life of Willie Maddison from boyhood to adulthood in a rapidly changing world.
Henry Williamson is best known for a tetralogy of four novels which consists of The Beautiful Years (1921), Dandelion Days (1922), The Dream of Fair Women (1924) and The Pathway (1928). These novels are collectively known as The Flax of Dream and they follow the life of Willie Maddison from boyhood to adulthood in a rapidly changing world.
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May 27, 2019
The title refers to the Spartan boy of legend.
But also the men of the West, who bear the war
Although it is more disastrous than they imagined,
And still don’t know what destiny holds in store.
From Phillip’s fight in No Man’s Land to the Christmas Truce,
This is perhaps the most vivid ever description
Of the European Civil War and the hell it loosed;
But like its author’s beliefs, it has faced proscription.
But also the men of the West, who bear the war
Although it is more disastrous than they imagined,
And still don’t know what destiny holds in store.
From Phillip’s fight in No Man’s Land to the Christmas Truce,
This is perhaps the most vivid ever description
Of the European Civil War and the hell it loosed;
But like its author’s beliefs, it has faced proscription.
January 3, 2019
An excellent read. One of the best war novels ever written. One man's journey through hell. From 1st Division private to officer class - and the slaughter at Loos. Honest, gritty and emotionally complex at times. And despite its rawness, deliberately understated.
July 5, 2014
If you are looking for a book to mark 100 years of world war one, this is the one to read.
October 16, 2018
A masterpiece about a young soldier's experiences on the western front in WWI
December 14, 2024
An excellent read, following the fortunes of Phillip Maddison from the ranks to gaining a Commission . We then journey with him from England to the horror of the Battle of Loos. Emotional, highly charged Williamson draws on his own experience of the Western front to produce a true classic of the First World War.
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