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Set in Russia at the time of the First World War, "Testament" is the story of a friendship between two men - the narrator, Alexei Ottravesko, a career soldier who has returned to the army after several years in exile in Siberia for political activities, and Anton Scheffler, a radical lawyer who has volunteered for wartime military service. When Scheffler refuses to obey an order to lead a detachment of men he considers unfit for duty back to the front, he is arrested and threated with court-martial. But communists and their allies, who hail him as a champion of the workers' interest, decide to take up his cause. First published in 1939, "Testament" reveals to us glimpses - from the battlefield and the Orshaskaya drawing-rooms, from street corners and prison camps - of the separate, precious lives of individuals fighting for the moral good. It is a novel steeped with political ideals, with philosophical truths, and with personal heroism.

Book details

Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Testament
• Author: R.C. Hutchinson
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 740
• EAN: 9780571243303
• ISBN: 0571243304
• ID: 04623780
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Weight: 898 g
• Dimensions: 221 × 136 × 38 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. May 2008

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