num_pages: 672
description: Miner's son David Powlett-Jones returns from the carnage of the Western Front in 1918, shell-shocked and bitterly hardened by the violence of war. He begins life again as a master at a remote Devon school, controlling the destiny of boys barely his junior.As the years pass David becomes a teacher of rare talent, begins to find peace, and is able to adjust to the changes which are overwhelming society. But soon he will have to face up to the prospect of another terrible war...
language: English
title: To Serve Them All My Days
titlecomplete: To Serve Them All My Days
genres: Historical, 20th Century, Classics, World War I, World War II, Novels, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 2893
publisher: Hodder Paperbacks