How Many Miles to Babylon? (novel) How Many Miles to Babylon? (novel) How Many Miles to Babylon? is a novel by Irish writer Jennifer Johnston, first published in 1974. The novel explores the relationship of two men, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, Alexander Moore, and a lower class son of a labourer on his lands, Jerry, as they experience the First World War. The story is the complex tale of a friendship between two boys in Ireland prior to and during World War I. Alec, the son of Anglo-Irish parents grows up lonely and friendless on his parents' estate in Wicklow during the early years of the 20th
Brother Dusty-Feet Brother Dusty-Feet Brother Dusty-Feet is a children's historical novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff and first published in 1952. It is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It is Sutcliff's fourth book. Hugh Copplestone is an orphaned eleven-year-old boy living with his paternal Aunt Alison, who resents the duty of looking after her brother's child. When he answers her back after she speaks disrespectfully of his dead father, Aunt Alison vindictively vows to have his pet dog Argos killed on the excuse that she has no duty of care to the animal and no intention of incurring