Bøger af Roger Day

Winston writes: I don't know what's happening, really . . . but everything in my life seems to be changing. My body's growing fast and I can't seem to control my emotions anymore. Recently kids at school have been insulting me because my dad's dead or boasting about how much better-equipped they are than me - if you know what I mean. It makes me feel somehow inadequate. You should see some of the kids at school. Talk about growing up! It's all right for them, but will it ever happen to me, too?

Damien writes: It was on my birthday . . . when my uncle first touched me. A few weeks later he came into the unlocked bathroom and did his worst with me. When I heard he'd gone to prison for doing similar things to others, I blamed myself. At the same time I wanted to see him murdered for what he'd done to me. It seemed like I was a prisoner myself, trapped by my own guilt and hate.

Roger Day sets the historical background of the Peninsula War with admirable clarity and shows how and why the British Army owes so much to this remarkable man who died so tragically at Corunna at the age of only 48, after conducting the remarkable retreat from Corunna.