A man of his time
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Word Count
94,500 words, Guess
Page Count
378 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3357972M
- ISBN-10000717327X
- OCLC Control Number54904271
- OCLC Control Numbermanofhistime0000sill_m3k6
- Library of Congress Control Number2004401744
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- Goodreads459174
Classifications
- DDC823/.914
- LCCPR6037.I55 M36 2004
Description
In 1887, 21-year-old Ernest Burton leaves his parents' home in a village near Nottingham for the first time, to take up work as a journeyman blacksmith in the coalfields of South Wales. Ernest takes to the role with ease -- boldly, recklessly, fearlessly standing up to his superiors and seducing young girls. In a bid to settle down, Ernest returns home to marry his childhood sweetheart and become a master smith. A tyrannical father, he rules over his young family with an iron fist, instilling a mixture of fear and hatred in is sons and daughters. A bully, who shows no mercy, he also has effortless charm and magnetic attraction.
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