num_pages: 328
description: This edition incorrectly lists Anthony Hope as the author. The true author of the Four Feathers is A.E.W. Mason.The year is 1882, and British army officer Harry Feversham has a loving fiancee, the friendship of fellow soldiers, and a promising future in a nation at the height of its imperial power. But before he is deployed to fight in Africa, he resigns his post, receiving white feathers—symbols of cowardice—from three friends. Then he receives a fourth from his fiancee. How can he prove that he has acted from integrity rather than cowardice?
language: English
title: The Four Feathers
titlecomplete: The Four Feathers
genres: Historical, Literature, British Literature, Classics, Adventure, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Africa, Romance
ratings_count: 4931
publisher: Classic Books Library