After eleven years as an American living in London, the renowned travel writer Paul Theroux set out to travel clockwise around the coast of Great Britain to find out what the British were really like. The result is this perceptive, hilarious record of the journey. Whether in Cornwall or Wales, Ulste
The Kingdom by the Sea
โ Scribed by Westall, Robert
- Book ID
- 108612086
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 157 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780007378197
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Guaradian award winning novel about courage, friendship and war. Reissued into the Essential Modern Classic list.
When a bomb during an air raid destroys Harry's home and kills his family, he knows that he is all alone in the world and has only himself to rely on. Anxious that he will be sent to live with his fussy Cousin Elsie he goes on the run across the war-battered land of North East England, his only friend in his journey a stray dog that he meets on the beach. Will Harry ever find a place to call home again, or will he be on the run forever?
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