Captain Jim
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About This Book
If I do fall, I am leaving you that place of mine in Surrey.It is 1916 and the dark days of World War One drag on. Both Jim and Wally are returning to the Front line when Norah discovers she has been left a legacy - a large house complete with stables and its own farm in the Surrey countryside. Her initial reaction of dismay soon changes when Norah realises that she can help the war effort, and together with her father, they turn "Homewood" into a house for wounded and exhausted civilians. When a telegram arrives with the worst news of all, Norah and her father somehow manage to keep going - u...
Chapters (23)
- Captain Jim
- MADE IN ENGLAND
- CAPTAIN JIM
- CHAPTER I JOHN O’NEILL’S LEGACY
- CHAPTER II THE HOME FOR TIRED PEOPLE
- CHAPTER III OF LONDON AND OTHER MATTERS
- CHAPTER IV SETTLING IN
- CHAPTER V HOW THE COOK-LADY FOUND HER LEVEL
- CHAPTER VI KIDNAPPING
- CHAPTER VII THE THATCHED COTTAGE
- CHAPTER VIII ASSORTED GUESTS
- CHAPTER IX HOMEWOOD GETS BUSY
- CHAPTER X AUSTRALIA IN SURREY
- CHAPTER XI CHEERO!
- CHAPTER XII OF LABOUR AND PROMOTION
- CHAPTER XIII THE END OF A PERFECT DAY
- CHAPTER XIV CARRYING ON
- CHAPTER XV PRISONERS AND CAPTIVES
- CHAPTER XVI THROUGH THE DARKNESS
- CHAPTER XVII LIGHTS OUT
- CHAPTER XVIII THE WATCH ON THE RHINE
- CHAPTER XIX REVEILLE
- CHAPTER XX ALL CLEAR
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