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My boy Jack

Haig, David2007
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The year is 1913 and war with Germany is imminent. Rudyard Kipling's determination to send his myopic son, John, to war triggers a bitter family conflict which leaves Kipling devastated by the conflict between his two greatest passions - a love for children and a devotion to King and country. The tragic story of how Rudyard Kipling sent his son to his death in the First World War. David Haig's acclaimed stageplay was filmed for television in 2007, with Daniel Radcliffe as Jack and the author himself as Kipling. The year is 1913 and war with Germany is imminent. Rudyard Kipling's determination to send his severely short-sighted son to war triggers a bitter family conflict which leaves Britain's renowned patriot devastated by the warring of his own greatest passions: his love for children - above all his own - and his devotion to King and Country.
Main title:
My boy Jack / David Haig.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Nick Hern Books, 2007.
Collation:
88 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
TV tie-in.First published: 1997.Formerly CIP. Uk
ISBN:
9781854595836 (pbk)
Dewey class:
822.914822.914D-HAI (PST-12 copies) OVERSIZE
Local class:
822
Language:
English
BRN:
329555
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