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In 1887, 21-year-old Ernest Burton leaves his parents' home in a village near Nottingham for the first time, to take up work as a journeyman blacksmith in the coalfields of South Wales. Ernest takes to the role with ease -- boldly, recklessly, fearlessly standing up to his superiors and seducing young girls. In a bid to settle down, Ernest returns home to marry his childhood sweetheart and become a master smith. A tyrannical father, he rules over his young family with an iron fist, instilling a mixture of fear and hatred in is sons and daughters. A bully, who shows no mercy, he also has effortless charm and magnetic attraction
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A Man of His Time, Alan Sillitoe
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- Année de publication
- 2004
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- Titre
- A Man of His Time
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Alan Sillitoe
- Éditeur
- Fourth Estate
- Publié
- 2004
- Format
- souple
- ISBN10
- 000717327X
- ISBN13
- 9780007173273
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Romans historiques
- Évaluation
- 3,8 sur 5
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- In 1887, 21-year-old Ernest Burton leaves his parents' home in a village near Nottingham for the first time, to take up work as a journeyman blacksmith in the coalfields of South Wales. Ernest takes to the role with ease -- boldly, recklessly, fearlessly standing up to his superiors and seducing young girls. In a bid to settle down, Ernest returns home to marry his childhood sweetheart and become a master smith. A tyrannical father, he rules over his young family with an iron fist, instilling a mixture of fear and hatred in is sons and daughters. A bully, who shows no mercy, he also has effortless charm and magnetic attraction