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No Man's Land
Simon Tolkien
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Description for No Man's Land
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FJMF; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
From the slums of London to the riches of an Edwardian country house; from the hot, dark seams of a Yorkshire coalmine to the exposed terrors of the trenches, Adam Raine's journey from boy to man is set against the backdrop of a society violently entering the modern world. Adam Raine is a boy cursed by misfortune. His impoverished childhood in the slums of Islington is brought to an end by a tragedy that sends him north to Scarsdale, a hard-living coalmining town where his ... Read more
From the slums of London to the riches of an Edwardian country house; from the hot, dark seams of a Yorkshire coalmine to the exposed terrors of the trenches, Adam Raine's journey from boy to man is set against the backdrop of a society violently entering the modern world. Adam Raine is a boy cursed by misfortune. His impoverished childhood in the slums of Islington is brought to an end by a tragedy that sends him north to Scarsdale, a hard-living coalmining town where his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780008100483
SKU
V9780008100483
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About Simon Tolkien
Simon Tolkien was a successful Criminal Justice barrister in London specializing in serious crimes before moving to California with his wife and two children to take up writing full time. He has been acclaimed as a naturally gifted storyteller with a terrific command of language and a unique perception into the darker sides of human nature. The grandson of J.R.R. ... Read more
Reviews for No Man's Land
`Vivid set pieces, notably a wonderful section down a mine, while Adam is an intriguing central character: clever, sincere and, amid the turbulence of early 20th-century England, a determined survivor.' DAILY MAIL `His most ambitious work yet... Adam makes an attractive hero and his story ... Read more