From the writer of Journey's End, now a major motion picture starring Paul Bettany, Sam Claflin and Asa Butterfield. Roger Matthews is the Vicar of picturesque village, Little Stanton. He happily tends to his friendly flock and is almost ready to retire but his spirit is restless .

Another Year

Nous sommes en mars 1918, pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, dans une tranchée anglaise, non loin de Saint-Quentin. Stanhope, chef d'une compagnie d'infanterie, est unanimement reconnu comme un meneur d'hommes hors pair, mais les trois années qu'il a déjà passées au front l'ont profondément marqué. Alors que tous attendent une attaque allemande imminente, l'horreur et la futilité de la guerre se révèlent dans toute leur ampleur. Sans pathos, mais avec une grande sobriété de moyens, R. C. Sherriff nous livre ici son expérience du front, celle d'une poignée d'hommes qui n'aiment pas ce qu'ils font, mais qui ne songent pas non plus à se dérober aux responsabilités qu'ils assument.

La fin du voyage

From the writer of Journey's End, now a major motion picture starring Paul Bettany, Sam Claflin and Asa Butterfield. Lord Swayne owned a well-protected castle on a particularly strategic stretch of the English coast. A powerful Earl with estates nearby coveted the castle and its surrounding land. Under the guise of protecting King John from treachery, he declared his intention of 'smashing the castle to the ground, hanging the garrison amidst its ruins and wiping the pestilent Swaynes off the face of the earth'. Lord Swayne had some advantages however, one of which was that he held the Earl's son, Gregory, captive. This is a fascinating account of a medieval siege. It is also the story of the growing friendship between two boys, Lord Swayne's son Roger, and his prisoner, Gregory. 'The techniques and tragedies of medieval siege can seldom have been described in such a clear-cut, practical way; this exciting one-thing-after-another tale should be spread very widely among history-lovers and also those who have scant interest in the past.' Sunday Times

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