The trumpet-major : John Loveday, a soldier in the war with Buonaparte and Robert his brother, first mate in the merchant service, a tale
Novel by Thomas Hardy published in 1880, and his only historical novel. It concerns the heroine, Anne Garland, being pursued by three suitors: John Loveday, the eponymous trumpet major in a British regiment, honest and loyal; his brother Bob, a flighty sailor; and Festus Derriman, the cowardly nephew of the local squire. Unusually for a Hardy novel, the ending is not entirely tragic; however, there remains an ominous element in the probable fate of one of the main characters
Print Book, English, 1950
Macmillan, St. Martin's Press, London, New York, 1950