{"product_id":"9781922148995","title":"When Blackbirds Sing: Text Classics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe last novel in Martin Boyd's celebrated Langton Quartet, which includes \u003ci\u003eThe Cardboard Crown\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Difficult Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOutbreak of Love\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the outbreak of World War I, Dominic Langton leaves his wife on a remote sheep farm in New South Wales to enlist in the British Army. What he experiences in the trenches changes him forever; his return home sees him cast off his past and find his own integrity. He has seen the true nature of war - the senseless waste of life, the millions of young men condemned to pointless slaughter - and has emerged a wiser, but troubled, man.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Blackbirds Sing \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterful recreation of the vanished world of 1914, and a moving and powerful testament to the devastation of war. In this final instalment of Martin Boyd's celebrated Langton Quartet, Boyd confirms his reputation as one of the most outstanding novelists Australia has ever produced.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin a' Beckett Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Switzerland in 1893. After leaving school, he enrolled in a seminary, but he abandoned this vocation and began to train as an architect. He served in the Royal East Kent Regiment and the Royal Flying Corps during World War I and settled in England after the war. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eLove Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1925. Three years later \u003ci\u003eThe Montforts\u003c\/i\u003e appeared, then \u003ci\u003eLucinda Brayford\u003c\/i\u003e in 1946. In the coming decade he was to write the Langton Quartet: \u003ci\u003eThe Cardboard Crown, A Difficult Young Man, Outbreak of Love, When Blackbirds Sing\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1957 he went to Rome, where he lived and continued to write until his death in 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182937063664,"sku":"9781922148995","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781922148995_p0.jpg?v=1763632886","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781922148995","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}