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Land for a Lost Generation

Land for a Lost Generation

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Three middle-class sixth-form girls leave their independent boarding school in the summer of 1918, having been told by the headmistress that their marriage prospects have been weakened through military losses incurred during the Great War. Land for a Lost Generation follows their progress over the next two decades. The first-person narrative is controlled by one of the girls, Vera, who takes an unexpected opportunity to marry a wounded army officer from a tenant-farming family shortly after the Armistice. Obliged to purchase their farm at the top of the market or risk losing it, the couple's struggle through the ensuing agricultural depression provides a central focus for the novel. The novel covers one of the most fascinating periods of British history, embracing political and socio-eco

Book information

ISBN: 9780722351208
Publisher: Arthur H Stockwell Ltd
Imprint: Arthur H. Stockwell
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.92
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 255
Weight: 542g
Height: 157mm
Width: 224mm
Spine width: 24mm