The Wooden Shepherdess by Richard Hughes
The sequel to The Fox in the Attic, The Wooden Shepherdess takes up the story of its hero Augustine in America in 1924. After a year of aimless wandering Augustine returns, a wiser and more mature man, to his sister Mary and her husband, Gilbert Wadamy, in Dorset. In Germany, Hitler uses his own trial after the ill-fated Munich putsch as a propaganda platform, before retiring to jail to write Mein Kampf and consolidate his position as leader of the National Socialist Party. Back in Britain, Augustine witnesses the social contrasts between working class and upper classes in a Britain mired in the consequences of the Depression. The novel ends with a vivid and terrifying account of Hitler s party purges in the Night of the Long Knives. This edition also contains the twelve opening chapters of the, sadly unfinished, third part of Richard Hughes s epic historical fiction.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781860460135 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860460135 |
| Title | The Wooden Shepherdess |
| Author | Richard Hughes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1995-07-20 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |