How Many Miles to Babylon? How Many Miles to Babylon?

How Many Miles to Babylon‪?‬

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Publisher Description

As a child Alec, heir to the big house and only son of a bitter marriage, formed a close friendship with Jerry, a village boy who shared his passion for horses. In 1914 both enlisted in the British Army – Alec goaded by his beautiful, cold mother to fight for King and Country, Jerry to learn his trade for the Irish Nationalist cause. But amid the mud of Flanders, their relationship is tested by an ordeal beyond the horror of the battlefield…

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
1989
23 February
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
160
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Books Ltd
SIZE
6.2
MB

Customer Reviews

dawniemadge ,

How many mile to Babylon

A beautiful book about the strength of friendship regardless of class or religious differences. Elegantly written with colourful, local northern irish dialect. At times funny, at others hauntingly sad.

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