The Soldier's Return
 First edition | |
| Author | Melvyn Bragg |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Soldier's Return |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton |
Publication date | 1999 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-340-76727-6 |
| Followed by | The Soldier's Return |
The Soldier's Return is the first novel in a quartet written by Melvyn Bragg.
Plot summary
[edit]Sam Richardson returns to the small Cumbrian town of Wigton after fighting in Burma during the Second World War. The war has given Sam’s wife Ellen a newfound confidence and Sam is a stranger to his son Joe. Sam is plagued by memories of the war and wants a new life, for himself, his wife and his son.
The book won the WH Smith Literary Award in 2000,[1] and was followed by three sequels.
Sequels
[edit]A Son of War (2001)
[edit]Sam Richardson is still struggling with effects of World War Two and to re-establish his relationship with his wife Ellen and young son Joe. Sam wants to become his own boss and start a business.
Crossing the Lines (2003)
[edit]Joe Richardson is changing from an immature schoolboy into a confident student at Oxford who has the world at his feet. His parents Sam and Ellen have reconciled some of their difficulties and are drifting into middle-age.
Remember Me... (2008)
[edit]Joe, still at Oxford, meets French art student Natasha. The story of their love and lives has been described as both "semi-autobiographical"[2] and "nakedly autobiographical".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Melvyn Bragg banks book award". BBC News. 11 May 2000. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
- ^ Bainbridge, Beryl (19 April 2008). "True remembrance". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
... not entirely fiction, for in this fourth novel of a semi-autobiographical series, Bragg is recording a true remembrance of time past
- ^ Robson, David (30 March 2008). "Melvyn Bragg, nakedly autobiographical". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
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