The Trumpet-Major
by Thomas Hardy
Publisher: ManyBooks 1880
ISBN/ASIN: 1853262463
Number of pages: 324
Description:
The heroine, Anne Garland, is pursued by three suitors: John Loveday, the 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. The setting is the Napoleonic wars, and it seems Miss Garland has a penchant for men in uniform.
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