Stalky & Co. : Large Print Edition (Paperback)

from AJBraithwaite

The casual brutality of the late nineteenth century really comes through in this novel. But since the young people of the school in the book were all being trained up to be cannon-fodder, perhaps that was an appropriate way of rearing boys. Women don't feature in the story at all, except as a mea...

from nadineeg

A rollicking read of three schoolboys in a small Victorian era public school on the Cornish coast of Britain. Follows on from Kipling's 'Many Inventions' and probably connects many of the characters with other Kipling tales. Most of the boys at the public school are army or navy children born, as...

from nadineeg

A rollicking read of three schoolboys in a small Victorian era public school on the Cornish coast of Britain. Follows on from Kipling's 'Many Inventions' and probably connects many of the characters with other Kipling tales. Most of the boys at the public school are army or navy children born, as...