The harsh realities of the Great War prompt a reappraisal of values for Dominic Langton in this devastating conclusion to Martin Boyd's series. We rejoin Dominic as he journeys back to war, re-enlisting at the start of World War I. Leaving his wife in Australia to tend to their sheep farm he heads back to England and reconnects with an old flame, Sylvia. After killing a man and witnessing the atrocities of war, Dominic vows to change his ways, cleansing himself of all his past indiscretions and wrongdoings. He returns home to Australia a changed man.
The harsh realities of the Great War prompt a reappraisal of values for Dominic Langton in this devastating conclusion to Martin Boyd's series. We rejoin Dominic as he journeys back to war, re-enlisting at the start of World War I. Leaving his wife in Australia to tend to their sheep farm he heads back to England and reconnects with an old flame, Sylvia. After killing a man and witnessing the atrocities of war, Dominic vows to change his ways, cleansing himself of all his past indiscretions and wrongdoings. He returns home to Australia a changed man.
* Extract from Chris Wallace-Crabbe's introduction to be placed in Australian Book Review or similar literary magazine * Review coverage in major broadsheet papers to coincide with 100th anniversary of the beginning of WWI * Advertisements in literary and current affairs publications such as ABR and the Monthly * Advertisements in bookseller newsletters * Banner advertising on bookseller websites * Banner advertising on Text website
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