The Trumpet Major

by Thomas Hardy

Overview

This story is set at the time of the Napoleonic wars when the South coast was busy with preparations for the threat of invasion. It tells of the efforts of a young dragoon to woo a young maiden and his tragic death on a battlefield in Spain. The text is accompanied by a critical introduction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781535078610
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	07/06/2016
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Thomas Hardy was an English novelist, short story writer, and poet of the naturalist movement, though he saw himself as a poet and wrote novels mainly for financial gain only. The bulk of his work, set mainly in the semi-imaginary county of Wessex, delineates characters struggling against their passions and circumstances.

Michael Fry is a highly regarded author and jourbanalist, and regular contributor to the Scotsman, the Herald and the Sunday Times. He is the author of a dozen books of Scottish history, including Wild Scots, Edinburgh and The Union.

Date of Birth:

June 2, 1840

Date of Death:

January 11, 1928

Place of Birth:

Higher Brockhampon, Dorset, England

Place of Death:

Max Gate, Dorchester, England

Education:

Served as apprentice to architect James Hicks