''Fairy Gold'' is a 1926 novel by the British writer

Compton Mackenzie Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist. He was one of t ...

.Linklater p.219 A Cornish

knight A knight is a person granted an honorary title of a knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church, or the country, especially in a military capacity. The concept of a knighthood ...

living on an island, who has lost his son during the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, resents a young English soldier stationed nearby.

References

Bibliography

* David Joseph Dooley. ''Compton Mackenzie''. Twayne Publishers, 1974. * Andro Linklater. ''Compton Mackenzie: A Life'' Hogarth Press, 1992.

External links

* {{Compton Mackenzie 1926 British novels Novels by Compton Mackenzie Novels set in Scotland Cassell (publisher) books George H. Doran Company books