War and the home front

3 books

The Dop DoctorRichard Dehan · 1910A 1910 novel set in South Africa before the Boer War, following an Englishman traveling with ox-waggons across the veld, mourning his lover who has just died in childbirth, along with their young daughter.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The HeroW. Somerset Maugham · 1901An early novel by the British author W. Somerset Maugham, "The Hero" (1901) follows a soldier returning from the war in South Africa to his devoted parents, who hope he will restore the family name his disgraced father lost in the army.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Rough RoadWilliam John Locke · 1918A 1918 novel about James Marmaduke Trevor, nicknamed Doggie, a pampered young man raised sheltered in an English cathedral town who is swept into World War I, following his experiences in England and France as he endures the war.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية