Young wheelwright Abey Stoughton leaves rural Oxfordshire and is drawn into the maelstrom of the First World War. As a soldier in the Medical Corps he sees the suffering of the wounded, attempts an escape into the world of the French civilians still living in the area, and is involved in an episode on 'secret service' with unexpected consequences.
The war makes a rift in Abey's life which causes a change of direction after he comes back to Nether Oldston, rural life and the wheelwright's shop. This involves him in the new ideas of the 1920s, and training as a furniture craftsman, before the pattern of the future is revealed.
First published in 2000 by Tabb House, 7 Church Street, Padstow, Cornwall, PL28 8BG, UK, this e-book edition is reproduced with their kind permission (Original ISBN 1 873051 33 7)
Young wheelwright Abey Stoughton leaves rural Oxfordshire and is drawn into the maelstrom of the First World War. As a soldier in the Medical Corps he sees the suffering of the wounded, attempts an escape into the world of the French civilians still living in the area, and is involved in an episode on 'secret service' with unexpected consequences.
The war makes a rift in Abey's life which causes a change of direction after he comes back to Nether Oldston, rural life and the wheelwright's shop. This involves him in the new ideas of the 1920s, and training as a furniture craftsman, before the pattern of the future is revealed.
First published in 2000 by Tabb House, 7 Church Street, Padstow, Cornwall, PL28 8BG, UK, this e-book edition is reproduced with their kind permission (Original ISBN 1 873051 33 7)