The Widower's SonAllen, 1976 - 288 pages William's father, a Nottinghamshire coalminer, is proud of his son's military success, and annoyed when he gives up his life as a colonel in the artillery to become manager of a bowling alley. |
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... who'd be officers anyway if they were in the army , took you as an equal at seeing three pips on your shoulder . He pictured the disapproval on his father's face when he turned up unexpectedly . Maybe he'd smile at a captain walking ...
... who'd be officers anyway if they were in the army , took you as an equal at seeing three pips on your shoulder . He pictured the disapproval on his father's face when he turned up unexpectedly . Maybe he'd smile at a captain walking ...
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... who'd gone through Eton and Sandhurst , or ' the Shop ' at Woolwich . He'd pulled him- self up by his own bootlaces , was what the BC hinted to all and sundry , and no doubt told them behind his back . But he hadn't . His commission had ...
... who'd gone through Eton and Sandhurst , or ' the Shop ' at Woolwich . He'd pulled him- self up by his own bootlaces , was what the BC hinted to all and sundry , and no doubt told them behind his back . But he hadn't . His commission had ...
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... who'd never seen the inside of any army . Others were the twenty - one - year - old demobs who thought they had a right to boss the world because they could call themselves ex - servicemen . He wasn't overfond of them , but he wasn't ...
... who'd never seen the inside of any army . Others were the twenty - one - year - old demobs who thought they had a right to boss the world because they could call themselves ex - servicemen . He wasn't overfond of them , but he wasn't ...
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