The Greenwood EditionThe Trumpet-Major was first published in serial form in 1880. Hardy\'s long-lived interest in the Napoleonic Wars had led him to study contemporary newspaper accounts and to assemble details and recollections of local interest. In the Trumpet- #major the external incidents range from the magnificent array of soldiers engaged in military manoeuvres on the downs, to the drilling of the volunteer pike men before the church service, and to an account of events on board the Victory during the battle off Cape Trafalgar. Book in a really good condition and his its dust jacket is protected.