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Keep the home fires burning / Cynthia Harrod-Eagles.
Record details
- ISBN: 0751556297
- ISBN: 9780751556292
- Physical Description: 408 pages.
- Publisher: London : Sphere, 2015.
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| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 32.99 |
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| Subject: | World War, 1914-1918 > England > Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 > Social aspects > England > Fiction. Families > England > Fiction. Household employees > Fiction. Social classes > England > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | FIC Harro | 31681020010369 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Follows the lives of the members of the Hunter family and their servants through the turbulence of World War I, in the second book of the series following Goodbye Piccadilly. - Grand Central Pub
The year is 1915, and the war is raging on . . .
The war was not 'over by Christmas' after all and as 1915 begins, the Hunters begin to settle into wartime life.
Diana, the eldest Hunter daughter, sees her fiance off to the Front but doesn't expect such coldness from her future mother-in-law. David's battalion is almost ready to be sent to the Front, but how will Beattie's fragile peace of mind endure? Below stairs, Ethel, the under housemaid, is tired of having her beaux go off to war so she deliberately sets her sights on a man who works on the railway, believing he won't be allowed to volunteer. Eric turns out to be decent, honest and he genuinely cares about Ethel - is this the man who could give her a new life?
The Hunters, their servants and their neighbours soon realise that war is not just for the soldiers, but it's for everyone to win, and every new atrocity that is reported bolsters British determination: this is a war that must be won at all costs.
Keep the Home Fires Burning is the second book in the War at Home series by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, author of the much-loved Morland Dynasty novels. Set against the real events of 1915, this is an evocative, authentic and wonderfully depicted drama featuring the Hunter family and their servants.
