Major Duncan Meredyth, crippled by a Boer shell in South Africa, lives in a wheelchair cared for by his old battery sergeant, Marigold. From his window he watches the young men of his small English town go off to the Great War, and becomes the confidant of their families and sweethearts as love, heroism and a hidden disgrace play out.
A warm, humane home-front novel written during the war itself, by a master of gentle sentiment. Download the free EPUB.