LEADER 03211nam 22004813 450 001 9910159023403321 005 20210901203214.0 010 $a0-385-54198-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000001018468 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6044829 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6044829 035 $a(OCoLC)980534116 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001018468 100 $a20210901d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNo Man's Land $eA Novel 210 1$aWestminster :$cKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017. 215 $a1 online resource (545 pages) 311 $a0-385-54197-X 330 $a"Inspired by the real-life experiences of his grandfather, J. R. R. Tolkien, during World War I, Simon Tolkien delivers a perfectly rendered novel rife with class tension, period detail, and stirring action, ranging from the sharply divided society of northern England to the trenches of the Somme. Adam Raine is a boy cursed by misfortune. His impoverished childhood in turn-of-the-century London comes to a sudden and tragic end when his mother is killed in a workers' protest march. His father, Daniel, is barely able to cope with the loss. But a job offer in the coal mining town of Scarsdale presents one last chance, so father and son head north. The relocation is hard on Adam: the local boys prove difficult to befriend, and he never quite fits in. Meanwhile tensions between the miners and their employer, Sir John Scarsdale, escalate, and finally explode with terrible consequences. In the aftermath, Adam's fate shifts once again, and he finds himself drawn into the opulent Scarsdale family home where he makes an enemy of Sir John's son, Brice, who subjects Adam to a succession of petty cruelties for daring to step above his station. However, Adam finds consolation in the company of Miriam, the local parson's beautiful daughter with whom he falls in love. When they become engaged and Adam wins a scholarship to Oxford, he starts to feel that his life is finally coming together--until the outbreak of war threatens to tear everything apart. From the slums of London to the riches of an Edwardian country house; from the hot, dark seams of a Yorkshire coal mine to the exposed terrors of the trenches in France; Adam's journey from boy to man is set against the backdrop of a society violently entering the modern world"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918--England--Fiction. 606 $aSocial mobility--England--Fiction. 606 $aSocial status--England--Fiction 607 $aEngland$xSocial life and customs$y20th century$vFiction 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918--England--Fiction.. 615 0$aSocial mobility--England--Fiction.. 615 0$aSocial status--England--Fiction. 676 $a823.92 686 $aFIC014000$aFIC032000$aFIC043000$2bisacsh 700 $aTolkien$b Simon$01207733 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910159023403321 996 $aNo Man's Land$92786298 997 $aUNINA