Tunes of Glory (novel)

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Tunes of Glory
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First edition (UK)
Author James Kennaway
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
Publisher Putnam (UK)
Harper & Brothers (US)
Publication date
1956
Media typePrint

Tunes of Glory is a 1956 novel by the British writer James Kennaway. It portrays the peacetime tensions in a Highland regiment shortly after the Second World War.

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Adaptation

In 1960 it was made into the film Tunes of Glory directed by Ronald Neame and starring Alec Guinness and John Mills, with Kennaway adapting his own novel for the screenplay. [1]

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References

  1. Goble p.256

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