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The Trumpet Major-Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy’s only historical novel, The Trumpet Major

is set in Wessex during the Napoleonic Wars. Hardy skilfully

immerses us in the life of the day, making us feel the

impact of historical events on the immemorial local way of

life – the glamour of the coming of George III and his soldiery,

fears of the press-gang and invasion, and the effect of

distant but momentous events like the Battle of Trafalgar.

He interweaves a compelling, bitter-sweet romantic love

story of the rivalry of two brothers for the hand of the

heroine Anne Garland, played out against the lives of a

lively gallery of other characters. While there are elements

of sadness and even tragedy, The Trumpet-Major shows

Hardy’s skills of story-telling, characterisation and

description in a novel of vitality, comedy and warmth.

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