Trumpet-Major
Author: first_name: Thomas
last_name: Hardy
Language: English
Year: 1880

Our heroine, Anne Garland, lives quietly in a rural community deep in the English countryside.  However, the arrival of several regiments preparing for an expected invasion brings colour and chaos to the county.  A graceful and charming young woman, Anne is pursued by three suitors: John Loveday, the trumpet-major in a British regiment, honest and loyal; his brother Robert, a merchant seaman and womaniser, and Festus Derriman, the cowardly son of the local squire. Set at the time of the Napoleon