Name: Nicky-Nan, Reservist
Author: Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
ISBN: 978-1374917422

Literature & Fiction | Historical Fiction

Nicky-Nan, Reservist

By Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 26 Feb, 2020

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Nicky-Nan, Reservist is one of "Q's" later books, an examination of character, rather than adventure. Published in 1915, Nicky-Nan is based on "Q's" experience recruiting young men to fight in the first World War. "Q" married his wife Louisa in 1888 -- their much-loved son Bevis fought in World War I and survived the battles, only to succumb to pneumonia after the war in 1919. This tragedy colored the remaining twenty-five years of "Q's" life, and as a result, Nicky-Nan is a much more spirited book, presenting the war effort in a much more kindly light than "Q" was able to muster after his son's death. Less