To serve them all my days
By: R.F. Delderfield
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Naperville, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 598
ISBN-13: 9781402223747; 9781402249792; 9781402218248
Subjects: School principals; Fiction; Boarding schools; Married people; FICTION; Historical; Family Saga
Description: David Powlett-Jones returns from World War I injured and shell-shocked. He is hired to teach history at Bamfylde School, where he rejects the formal curriculum and teaches the causes and consequences of the Great War. Eventually he earns the respect of his students and many of his fellow teachers, against the backdrop of a country struggling to redefine itself.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; A Qualified Disclaimer; Part One: Initiate; Part Two: Catalyst in a Beret; Part Three: The Bell in the Brain; Part Four: Ave Et Cave; Part Five: Impasse; Part Six: Cut and Come Again; Part Seven: Island in a Torrent; Part Eight: Plenitude; Part Nine: Re-Run; Reading Group Guide; About the Author; Back Cover.