Trumpet Major (Wordsworth Collection) 号兵长

ThomasHardysonlyhistoricalnovelTheTrumpet-MajorissetinWessexduringtheNapoleonicWarsHardyskillfullyimmersesusinthelifeofthedaymakingusfeeltheimpactofhistoricaleventsontheimmemoriallocalwayoflife-theglamourofthecomingofGeorgeIIIandhissoldieryfearsofthepress-gangandinvasionandtheeffectofdistantbutmomentouseventsliketheBattleofTrafalgar.Heinterweavesacompellingbitter-sweetromanticolvestoryoftherivalryoftwobrothersforthehandoftheheroineAnneGarlandplayedoutagainstthelivesofalivelygalleryofothercharacters.WhilethereareelementsofsadnessandeventragedyThetrumpet-MajorshowsHardysskillsofstory-tellingcharacterizationanddescriptioninanovelfullofvitalitycomedyandwarmth.