When Blackbirds Sing: (the Langton Quartet Vol.4) - Softcover

Martin Boyd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140069054 ISBN 13: 9780140069051

Publisher: Penguin, 1984

Synopsis

AT THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR 1, DOMINIC LANGTON LEAVES HIS WIFE TO MANAGE SINGLE-HANDED THEIR REMOTE AUSTRALIAN FARM AND RETURNS TO ENGLAND TO ENLIST IN THE BRITISH ARMY. "WHEN BLACKBIRDS SING" TRACES BOTH DOMINIC'S MILITARYAND SPIRITUAL ODYSSEY. LANGTON DISCOVERS A WORLD WHICH GRUDGINGLY ACCEPTS HIM; THE DOOMED WORLD OF THE LANDED GENTRY.HE RETURNS TO MEETHIS EX-FIANCEE, SYLVIA, WITH WHOM HE HAS AN AFFAIR. IN THE END, HOWEVER, HE BREAKS WITH THE PAST AND ALL ITS IVOLVEMENTS AND ACHIEVES A NEW MEASURE OF WISDOM WHEN HIS APPALLING EXPER- IENCES ON THE WESTERN FRONT TEACH HIMTO REJECT THE SENSELESS WASTE OF WAR WHICH CONDEMNS MILLIONS OF YOUNG MEN TO POINTLESS SLAUGHTER. IN THESE EXPERIENCES DOMINIC FINDS HIS OWN INTEGRITY. MARTIN BOYD HAS RECREATED THE VANISHED WORLD OF 1914 WITH MASTERLY SKILL IN THIS 4TH AND FINALNOVEL IN THE SERIES WHICH HAS CHRONICLED THE LIVES OF THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN LANGTON FAMILY.

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(BB1) Good Condition,. Penguin Edition 1984. Fast Dispatch!

About the Author:

Martin Boyd was born in 1893 into a famous artistic family. At the outbreak of World War I, he sailed for England where he served in the Royal East Kent Regiment and the Royal Flying Corps. Boyd eventually settled in England after the war. His first novel, Love Gods, was published in 1925. Following the international success of Lucinda Brayford in 1946 Boyd decided to return to Australia where he wanted to restore his grandfather's house, but by 1951 he was back in London. In the coming decade he was to write the Langton Quartet: The Cardboard Crown, A Difficult Young Man, Outbreak of Love and When Blackbirds Sing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0140069054
• ISBN 13: 9780140069051
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208