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And when his intelligence of a plot against Hitler is cynically ignored he discovers that the deceptions of 1919 have become the fatal delusions of 1938 ...At the end of his long and turbulent life, Yves finds a confidant who is drawn into his extraordinary story and, once again, he is compelled to intervene as another avoidable tragedy comes to light.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49529673089297,"sku":"GOR005442544","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49609399828753,"sku":"GOR005514819","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49910340714769,"sku":"CIN0575402563G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0575402563.jpg?v=1750815147"},{"product_id":"brief-guide-to-islam-book-paul-grieve-9781845292744","title":"A Brief Guide to Islam","description":"Exploring the beliefs, history and politics of the ordinary people of Muslim countries, Grieve cuts through the complexities as he examines all aspects of Islam. He also addresses the big issues: can Islam support true democracy? Is true democracy what the West really wants for Muslim countries or are we merely seeking a cover of legitimacy for a policy of 'might is right'?  Paul Grieve is an unbeliever - he is not a born-again Muslim, a proselytizer or a frustrated desert romantic. His aim is to inform. The result is an accessible but never simplistic guide that challenges stereotypical views, from women and banking to war and Malcolm X.   Complete with advice for visitors to Muslim countries, and with carefully chosen primary sources,  maps and illustrations, this is the ideal summary for the reader looking for an unbiased overview of the religious and political world issues that have become part of our everyday lives.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49605019009297,"sku":"GOR001534501","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50870282486033,"sku":"GOR005029401","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53619246530833,"sku":"CIN184529274XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/184529274X.jpg?v=1751186193"},{"product_id":"upon-a-wheel-of-fire-book-paul-grieve-9780575067295","title":"Upon a Wheel of Fire","description":"Yves Beauchamp is our narrator, an English officer who has survived the Great War. Awarded the MC, he finds himself appointed as Lloyd George's driver in Paris in 1919. Over the course of a drunken evening, LG reveals to  Yves why the treaty he is about to sign in Versailles will not work and that he has no choice but to sign. ('...but I am bound\/Upon a wheel of  fire, that mine own tears\/Do scald like molten lead,' he quotes from Lear). LG proves to be a huge influence on Yves, and his words haunt him as events begin to unfold. After coming back to England in 1920, Yves is appointed a King's Messenger, a driver delivering intelligence between the embassies of  Paris and Berlin and London. He meets General Franz Halder, the man who planned a coup against Hitler in 1938. Yves delivers this information to the Foreign Office, which cynically ignores it, just as Chamberlain is about to board a plane for his infamous meeting with Hitler in Munich. The novel is one man's exploration of how these events (im)possibly happened, and about both the individual's responsibility and impotence in the face and course of history. Paul Grieve's interweaving of fact and fiction, of historical and fictional characters, has produced a gripping and impassioned narrative of the first half of Europe's century. There is a real appetite for this kind of fiction: Birdsong, Regeneration and The English Patient  to which this novel bears genuine comparison - are obvious examples. We want to examine our history while it's still within living memory. And because the ramifications of both these wars press on us still in many, and sometimes bloody, ways.  It is a breathtaking achievement for a first novel.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49612078940433,"sku":"GOR009864975","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51831083204881,"sku":"GOR014416992","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52394200465681,"sku":"GOR006189831","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0575067292.jpg?v=1750742598"},{"product_id":"brief-guide-to-islam-book-paul-grieve-9780786718047","title":"A Brief Guide to Islam","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53472323698961,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53472324256017,"sku":"CIN0786718048G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780786718047.jpg?v=1777312866"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-paul-grieve.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}