Master Georgie
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AuthorBeryl Bainbridge
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherDuckworth (UK)
Carroll & Graf (US)
Carroll & Graf (US)
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Beryl Bainbridge |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Duckworth (UK) Carroll & Graf (US) |
Publication date | March 1998 (UK) October 1998 (US) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 190 pp |
| ISBN | 0-7156-2831-3 |
| OCLC | 39983687 |
| 823/.914 21 | |
| LC Class | PR6052.A3195 M37 1998 |
Master Georgie is a 1998 historical novel by English novelist Beryl Bainbridge. It deals with the British experience of the Crimean War[1] through the adventures of the eponymous central character George Hardy, who volunteers to work on the battlefields.
The novel was a New York Times Book Review Notable Book and won the WH Smith Literary Award in 1999. It was nominated for the Booker Prize in what was Bainbridge's fifth nomination.[2]
