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"How many miles to Babylon?" ("Далеко ли до Вавилона?")
Автор Дженнифер Джонстон.
Читает Эндрю Скотт.
BBC Radio 4, 08.04.2013
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How many miles to Babylon?
Three score miles and ten.
Will I get there by candle-light?
Yes, and back again.

If your heels are nimble and light,
You may get there by candle-light.
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As a child Alexander, heir to the big house and only son of a bitter marriage, formed a close friendship with Jerry, a village boy who shared his passion for horses. In 1914 both enlisted in the British Army - Alexander goaded by his beautiful, cold mother to fight for King and Country, Jerry to learn his trade for the Irish Nationalist cause. But amid the mud of Flanders, their relationship is tested by an ordeal beyond the horror of the battlefield…

How Many Miles to Babylon? by Jennifer Johnston has never been out of print since it was first published in 1974. Against the backdrop of the First World War, Jennifer Johnson masterfully takes you back in time to the depleted battlefields to tell the truly remarkable story of a friendship.