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1956 novel by James Kennaway

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Tunes of Glory
First edition (UK)
AuthorJames Kennaway
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherPutnam (UK)
Harper & Brothers (US)
Publication date1956
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
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.

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.

References

  1. Goble p.256

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Watson, Roderick. The Literature of Scotland: The Twentieth Century. Macmillan, 2006.


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