Michael: The Roaring Flames of War
- ISBN-10
- 1548317403
- ISBN-13
- 9781548317409
- Series
- Michael
- Pages
- 166
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-07-25
- Author
- E. F. Benson
Description
In the year leading up to World War I, Michael Comber, the homely, awkward son of the earl of Ashbridge, defies his conventional and stuffy father to take up the serious study of music. He befriends Sylvia and Hermann Falbe, two half-German siblings, a famed singer and her brother and accompanist, from whom he takes piano lessons, and begins to live an independent life. But ultimately the war threatens everything. Michael is torn between loyalty to his two best friends and loyalty towards his country.A very potent and absorbing novel.Excerpt from Michael of E.F Benson.s Michael had lately told him, finding the world an extremely pleasant place, full of warm currents that took you gently forward without entailing the slightest exertion. But Michael's grave and expectant face--that Michael who had been so eagerly kind about meeting his debts for him--warned him that, however gossamer-like his own emotions were, he must attempt to ballast himself over this."Are you speaking seriously?" he asked."Quite seriously. I never did anything that was so serious."
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