William Woodruff, the son of a weaver, was born on a pallet of straw at the back of the mill and two days later his mother was back at work. Life was tough for the family in 1920's Blackburn -- a treat was sheep's head or cow heel soup -- and got worse when his father lost his job when the cotton industry started its terminal decline.
An omnibus edition comprising the bestselling and widely praised THE ROAD TO NAB END and BEYOND NAB END. 'A terrific story with an archetypal rags-to-riches dimension. It is nostalgic, vivid and charming' OBSERVER
By the acclaimed author of the number one bestselling The Road To Nab End and Beyond Nab End, Shadows of Glory is a wonderful first but strongly autobiographical war novel: engaging, evocative and grippingly readable.
By investigating the major changes of world history during the past 500 years, this book provides the necessary global perspective to understand the geo-political and geo-economic changes facing us.
An omnibus edition comprising the bestselling and widely praised THE ROAD TO NAB END and BEYOND NAB END. 'A terrific story with an archetypal rags-to-riches dimension. It is nostalgic, vivid and charming' OBSERVER