Englands Janissary by Peter James Cottrell
Kevin Flynn thought soldiering would be a great adventure but on the bloody killing fields of The Somme it became a nightmare. Disillusioned by war, he is unprepared for the bitter troubles dividing his home in Ireland, a squalid back street feud he neither understands nor cares for. Drifting into the ranks of the Royal Irish Constabulary and posted to a quiet rural backwater the peace is shattered by the IRA. Sucked into a world where the stench of death is inescapable and divided loyalties turn old friends into enemies, Flynn must decide what he is prepared to do to save the woman he loves from the vengeance of the men who revile him as a traitor, one of England's Janissaries.
Peter Cottrell grew up in South Wales. He joined the Territorial Army whilst still in the sixth form and after qualifying as a teacher was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1988. He later transferred into the army's Educational and Training Services Branch, specialising in teaching military history and international relations. He retired in 2008 to teach English, history and classics and to pursue a career in writing. He is the author of three successful histories of the Anglo-Irish Troubles of 1919-23. England's Janissary is his first novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780709093305 |
| ISBN 10 | 0709093306 |
| Title | Englands Janissary |
| Author | Peter James Cottrell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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