Coming home
By: by Roy E. Stolworthy
Edition: [Large print edition].
Series: Magna
Publisher: Magna Large Print Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Long Preston, North Yorkshire, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780750538909
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Fiction
Description: Fifteen year old Thomas Elkin engages in the turmoil of the First World War. Accepting the blame for the death of his recently conscripted brother, Elkin switches identity with his dead sibling and enters into the conflict. His burning ambition is to die a glorious death in his brother's name. Believing that, in fully submitting to the reality of war is atoning for his sins, he faces all the attendant horrors with a steel will and a poignant resignation. His personal conflict sees itself mirrored in the wider events and soon the two are inextricably linked, raising issues of mortality, morality, guilt and faith.
Notes: Standard print edition originally published: Barnsley : Claymore, 2012.