Devastation Road
- 384 Seiten
- 14 Lesestunden
A dramatic, compelling and poignant WWII road novel that, like the stories of Pat Barker or Sebastian Faulks' Birdsong, evokes the tragedy of war
Jason Hewitt Bücher
Jason Hewitt schafft Erzählungen mit einer fesselnden Dringlichkeit, die sich oft mit Themen wie Identität und der Suche nach Zugehörigkeit auseinandersetzen. Sein Stil zeichnet sich durch aufschlussreiche Charakterstudien und eine treibende erzählerische Dynamik aus, die den Leser ins Geschehen zieht. Hewitts Hintergrund in Geschichte und Theater fließt in seine detailreichen Handlungsstränge und lebendigen Dialoge ein und verleiht seinem Werk Tiefe. Seine Schriften befassen sich mit der Komplexität menschlicher Beziehungen und den moralischen Zwickmühlen, die unser Verständnis von richtig und falsch auf die Probe stellen.
The Organisation of War Under Edward III
- 208 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
H.J. Hewitt's classic study looks beyond the succession of campaigns, marches, raids, sieges and pitched battles that punctuated the long reign of Edward III. He focuses instead on the organization of war - how Edward's armies were raised and trained, how they were transported and supplied, how they fought, and how their fighting affected the lives of the civilians of the time. The author's lucid and readable analysis gives a fascinating insight into the wars of Edward III against the Scots and the French, and his pioneering work is a key text for the study of medieval military history.
July 1940. Eleven-year-old Lydia walks through a village in rural Suffolk on a baking hot day. She is wearing a gas mask. The shops and houses are empty, windows boarded up and sandbags green with mildew, the village seemingly deserted. Leaving it behind, she strikes off down a country lane through the salt marshes to a large Edwardian house -- the house she grew up in. Lydia finds it empty too, the windows covered in black-out blinds. Her family is gone. Late that night he comes, a soldier, gun in hand and heralding a full-blown German invasion. There are, he explains to her, certain rules she must now abide by. He won't hurt Lydia, but she cannot leave the house. Is he telling the truth? What is he looking for? Why is he so familiar? And how does he already know Lydia's name? Eerie, thrilling and piercingly sad, The Dynamite Room evokes the great tradition of war classics yet achieves a strikingly original and contemporary resonance. Hypnotically compelling, it explores, in the most extreme of circumstances, the bonds we share that make us human.
