The Northern Light

A. J. Cronin

ISBN 10: 1447244141 / ISBN 13: 9781447244141

Published by Pan Macmillan, 2013

About this Item

From the author of The Stars Look Down and The Citadel, and the creator of Dr Finlay's Casebook Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370. 2013. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # 9781447244141

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Northern Light
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447244141
• ISBN 13: 9781447244141
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Henry Page, owner of The Northern Light, the oldest and most respected newspaper in Tynecastle, is offered a vast sum to turn over control to a mass-circulation group based in London. He refuses – despite entreaties by his wife to accept – and so begins his fight with the Chronicle, an almost defunct newspaper in the same area which is given new life by London-thinking and London men.

Against Henry Page, a journalist who believes in honest presentation of news without bringing in sensationalism, the Chronicle pulls every dirty trick in the trade. And Henry, brought eventually almost to his knees, stoically holds on to his principles and The Northern Light. It is only when he has won the battle that tragedy robs him of the most important thing in his life.

In the magnificent narrative tradition of The Citadel, The Stars Look Down and Cronin’s other classic novels, The Northern Light is a great book by a much-loved author.

About the Author

Born in Cardross, Scotland, AJ Cronin studied at the University of Glasgow. In 1917 he served as a surgeon sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteers Reserve, and at the war's end he completed his medical studies and practiced in South Wales. He was later appointed to the Ministry of Mines, studying the medical problems of the mining industry. He later moved to London and built up a successful practice in the West End. In 1931 he published his first book, Hatter's Castle, which was compared with the work of Dickens, Hardy and Balzac, winning him critical acclaim. Other books by A. J. Cronin include: The Citadel, Three Loves, The Green Years, Beyond This Place, The Keys of the Kingdom