Conflict and Passion
Martin-Woodcock, James
It is the end of the nineteenth century. The British Empire is at its peak, the industrial revolution has transformed society, and education is leading the way.
When fifteen-year-old Charles Woodyson decides to join the army on the eve of the Boer War, he shocks his parents. Although his mother forbids him to go, his father signs the papers, sealing the destiny of the boy in a lower socioeconomic class who never achieved anything significan...