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The Darkness And The Thunder: 1915: The Great War SeriesStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionThe second in Stewart Binns' acclaimed Great War Series, The Darkness and the Thunder is a sweeping story of war following five families through the terrifying conditions of the Western Front, the slaughter of Gallipoli and the heartbreak of those left at home. "The book on the conflict remembered 100 years on." (Jon Wise, Sunday Sport). 1915- The Western Front is a wasteland of barbed wire, shell craters and mud-filled trenches. Winston Churchill, searching for a solution to the stalemate, commits the Allies to a disastrous Gallipoli campaign. As men on both sides die in droves, miners and mill-workers work tirelessly for the war effort while families confront the broken bodies of returning soldiers. Nurses, soldiers, politicians, factory-workers and children - all are torn apart by war, and for husbands and sons, mothers and wives, the old way of life is vanishing. Praise for Stewart Binns: "Anyone with even a vague interest in Britain and the Great War should read The Shadow of War." (Celia Sandys, granddaughter of Winston Churchill). "Stewart Binns has produced a real page-turner, a truly stunning adventure story." (Alastair Campbell). Author descriptionStewart Binns began his professional life as an academic. He then pursued several adventures, including a stint at the BBC, before settling into a career as a schoolteacher, specializing in history. Later in life he began a successful career in television. He has won a BAFTA, a Grierson, an RTS and a Peabody for his documentaries. The Darkness and the Thunder is the second novel in Stewart's Great War series. The Shadow of War was the first. His previous Making of England series: Crusade, Conquest, Anarchy and Lionheart, were published to great acclaim. |