How Many Miles to Babylon? (novel) starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Alec and Christopher Fairbank as Jerry. In 2005 the actor and director Alan Stanford adapted the novel for stage and it was produced by Second Age Theatre Company and directed by David Parnell. The play has been performed several times subsequently. The book featured as the "Book at Bedtime" on BBC Radio 4 in April 2013. "In the Army :" 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,
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