TheoryOfWar
1996 Nominated

The Theory of War

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

The story of a young boy sold into white slavery in post-Civil War America, who suffers at the hands of a cruel master. He escapes to a new life as a railroad man, then an itinerant preacher, but within him lies the need for revenge against his former master’s son – the object of an enduring hatred.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Joan
Brady

(1939 - 2024) As a writer, Joan Brady was compared to Jack LondonJohn Steinbeck and Angela Carter amongst others. She was the author of short stories, articles, reviews, a highly acclaimed autobiography, Prologue (The Unmaking of a Dancer in the US), a fictionalised account of a US medical scandal, Death Comes for Peter Pan, and a best-selling novel, The Émigré. In 2001, she represented England at the Centenary of the Nobel Peace Prize.
(1939 - 2024) As a writer, Joan Brady was compared to Jack LondonJohn Steinbeck and Angela Carter amongst others. She was the author of short stories, articles, reviews, a highly acclaimed autobiography, Prologue (The Unmaking of a Dancer in the US), a fictionalised account of a US medical scandal, Death Comes for Peter Pan, and a best-selling novel, The Émigré. In 2001, she represented England at the Centenary of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
United Kingdom
Author
Publisher
Andre Deutsche

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