Donkey Boy Paperback / softback
by Henry Williamson
Part of the A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight series
Paperback / softback
Description
Donkey Boy (1952) was the second entry in Henry Williamson's fifteen-volume A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight spanning the years from the late Victorian period to the Second World War.
It tells of Richard Maddison's first-born Phillip, nicknamed 'donkey boy' because his life was saved in infancy by being fed with ass's milk.
The boy grows up in the Edwardian era, something of a misfit, at odds with his father. 'With extraordinary skill and precision [Williamson] rebuilds the scenery of the past... [he] seems to be engaged in a thriller whose instalments can be relied on to animate a whole section of social history.' Spectator 'Williamson's style is romantic, though rarely sentimental, and his sensuous response to nature is fresh and surprising.' Anthony Burgess, Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:400 pages
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:17/06/2010
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- ISBN:9780571271085
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:400 pages
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:17/06/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780571271085
