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082 _a813.54
090 _aPR4750
_b.T73 1974
090 0 0 _aPR4750
_b.T73 1975
100 1 _aHardy, Thomas,
_d1840-1928
245 1 4 _aThe trumpet-major, John Loveday,
_ba soldier in the war with Buonaparte, and Robert his brother, first mate in the merchant service;
_ca tale. Introd. by Barbara Hardy. Notes by Laurel Brake and Ernest Hardy
250 _a1st ed
260 _a[London]
_bMacmillan
_c[1974]
300 _a352 p.
_c22 cm
490 1 _aThe new Wessex edition
_v[v.4]
500 _aFirst published 1880
501 _aThe Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy. This edition is an unabridged, paperback reprinting of Hardy's 1880 historical novel. The Trumpet-Major is a novel by Thomas Hardy published in 1880, and his only historical novel. It concerns the heroine, Anne Garland, being pursued by three suitors: John Loveday, the eponymous trumpet major in a British regiment, honest and loyal; his brother Bob, a flighty sailor; and Festus Derriman, the cowardly nephew of the local squire. Unusually for a Hardy novel
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y1800-1837
_xFiction
830 0 _aNew Wessex edition
_vv. 4
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_cBK