The Citadel by A J Cronin

The Citadel by A J Cronin

From the author of The Stars Look Down and Dr Finlay's Casebook comes the gripping medical drama which influenced the foundation of the NHS, with a foreword by bestselling author Adam Kay.

AJ. Cronin was perhaps the most successful novelist of the 1930s … probably as significant a figure as J.B. Priestley * The English Historical Review *
Immensely successful, utterly ruthless * The Spectator *
Cronin was a master of melodrama * The Herald *
One of the most popular authors in the English speaking world * New York Times *
A grand story, well told, and better balanced than anything else he has done * Kirkus *

A. J. Cronin was born in Cardross, Scotland, in 1896 and studied at the University of Glasgow. In 1916 he served as a surgeon sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, and at the war’s end he completed his medical studies and practised in South Wales. He was later appointed to the Ministry of Mines, studying the medical problems of the mining industry. He later moved to London and built up a successful practice in the West End. In 1931 he published his first book, Hatter’s Castle, which was compared with the work of Dickens, Hardy and Balzac, winning him critical acclaim. Six years later he published The Citadel, which brought attention to the incompetence of medical practice and helped incite the establishment of the NHS. Cronin died in 1981.

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ISBN 13	9781529015386
ISBN 10	1529015383
Title	The Citadel
Author	A J Cronin
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2019-09-19
Number of pages	480
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