Many Days in August
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'Nicky was the first of the village boys to die, and he died in Victor´s arms. Then there was Gerald and Rupert, and later Walter, Patrick and Stefan. The brothers Alex and Pip died together. But the saddest death of all, was 'Our Lad'.
So opens the poignant story of a family, through peace and through war, through business success and personal tragedy. Victor Bravery is born on an August day in 1894, and the story is played out through many August days in an extraordinary young life, and the love of an equally extraordinary young woman
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Many Days In August is the story of Victor Bravery, of those he loved, those who loved him and those who died for him.
It is the story of the growth of a business empire from two rusty canal barges, to a fleet that became the pride of the canals. Of village cricket played in the idyllic setting of an English summer´s day. Of the courage and the pain of friends who willingly swapped cricket bats for rifles, whites for uniforms, and the village green for the battlefields of war torn France,
It is about many August days in the life of an extraordinary young man.
It is the story of the enduring love of Emmy, waiting patiently to repair a life that appeared shattered beyond repair on an August day when the world wept.
Victors friends will become your friends, and you will weep with them - and for them.
About the Author
BASIL JAY - was born in
MANY DAYS IN AUGUST is Basil´s third book. He is also the author of ‘AND THE TIGERS COME AT NIGHT’ (2005) and ‘THE THIRTEENTH KNIGHT’ (1996). Basil has also written a series of books for younger children ‘THE ADVENTURES OF TWIG’, and compiled and recorded two anthologies of poetry on cassette, ‘THE GREAT POETS’, and ‘THE SOLDIER POETS’, for which he also composed the background music.