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Geoffrey Gordon, a young widower under dubious circumstances lives in London. A father to two children he takes a marriage of convenience so that he can leave his children and join up to fi ght in the Second World War. He fi ghts through Dunkirk, N. Africa and Italy where his experiences will at times make you laugh uproariously, and at others bring you close to tears. Gradually Geoffrey sinks into madness due to his personal loss and war, made worse by the dark secret that he has carried with him since the death of his fi rst wife.
Geoffrey Gordon, a young widower under dubious circumstances lives in London. A father to two children he takes a marriage of convenience so that he can leave his children and join up to fi ght in the Second World War. He fi ghts through Dunkirk, N. Africa and Italy where his experiences will at times make you laugh uproariously, and at others bring you close to tears. Gradually Geoffrey sinks into madness due to his personal loss and war, made worse by the dark secret that he has carried with him since the death of his fi rst wife.
Gritty and real. This is a semi-biographical book with all the nuances of family life in 1930s London. A life of love, loss, hard times, and surprisingly good times as we follow the good-looking and sexy Geoffrey's adventures at war-complimented and balanced against his life as a boy growing into manhood with his naughty girls down the pub and his thoughtless hedonistic ways. We meet his mum and sister who try to teach him manners, his adored deceased wife, their young children, and their stepmother. This book is coloured by the life his motherless children have to live, along with the people of London, France, Algeria, and Italy. It also paints how Geoffrey harbours a dark and painful secret.
After the Great War some texts by British Army veterans portrayed the Anglican chaplains who had served with them in an extremely negative light. This book examines the realities of Anglican chaplains' wartime experiences and presents a compelling picture of what it meant to be a clergyman-in-uniform in the most devastating war in modern history.
Greg Kerr retraces the journey of Australian and New Zealand troops from Gallipoli in 1915 to the final penetration of the Hindenburg Line in 1918. While covering the general strategic course of the war, the author focuses on the human side of the war. Similar to his acclaimed Lost Anzacs: The Story of Two Brothers, Kerr follows the experiences of roughly sixty figures--officers, privates, nurses--and captures their experiences through judicious and uncensored extracts from their letters and diaries. The book also includes numerous photos, many previously unpublished. The combination of photos, letters, and historical background make for an unforgettable account of what the war was really like on the ground.
"The Church of England and the First World War (first published in 1978) explores in depth the role of the church during the tragic circumstances of the First World War using biographies, newspapers, magazines, letters, poetry and other sources in a balanced evaluation. The myth that the war was fought by 'lions led by donkeys' powerfully endures turning heroes into victims. Alan Wilkinson demonstrates the sheer horror, moral ambiguity, and the interaction between religion, the church and warwith a scholarly, and yet poetic, hand. The author creates a vivid image of the church and society, includes views of the Free Churches and Roman Catholics, portrays the pastoral problems and challenges to faith presented by war, and the pressures for reform of church and society. The Church of England and the First World War is written with compelling compassion and great historical understanding, making the book hard to put down. This expert and classic study will grip the religious and secular alike, the general reader or the student."