Tunes of Glory

by James Kennaway

Book Overview

Lt. Colonel Jock Sinclair is a rough talking, whisky drinking soldier's soldier, a hero of the desert campaign who rose to his position through the ranks. Colonel Barrow, an officer graduate of Oxford... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0862412234
• ISBN13: 9780862412234
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

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Tunes of Glory has stood up well over the years. Perhaps no other Scots literary work since the war has explored in such depth the issue of Scots identity and the relationship of Scotsman to hearth, home, and Great Britain. The duty of military service in a society still dependent upon class, ritual, and an overmasculinized sense of obligation, sets the stage for conflict between two visions of Scotland, two visions of Britain, and two senses of the fading empire. It was faithfully made into a stunning film with Alec Guinness, John Mills, and Gordon Jackson.