A Summer for War by Darrell Duthie

A Summer for War by Darrell Duthie

Some battles you can't escape...

The summer of 1917. Near Lens, France. The vaunted Vimy Ridge has been taken. Lieutenant Malcolm MacPhail has settled into his position on the divisional staff. Yet there will be no peace for him and his comrades this summer. Far from being on their last legs the enemy is fighting with fresh tenacity. The campaign near Arras grinds on.

At headquarters, rivals have surfaced amongst the staff, his superiors are impossible to please, and mysterious goings-on behind the lines could explode into scandal. When Malcolm offhandedly alienates a brigadier and his adjutant, the consequences for him and his closest friend are far-reaching.

Meanwhile the field-marshal's eyes have shifted north. His new offensive requires a diversion and he orders the Canadian Corps to capture the key crossroads of Lens. However a single fortified hill stands in the way. As the threats mount, Malcolm must focus on the coming battle, which could be the key to everything...

*****

Authentic, gripping historical fiction. A novel of the Battle of Arras and Hill 70.

Duthie, Darrell: - Darrell Duthie lives in the Netherlands, not far from the battlefields of the First World War. He grew up throughout Canada, but spent most of his youth in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains in Calgary, Alberta where he studied Political Science & Economics, and thought briefly of joining the Navy. Instead he moved to the Netherlands to complete an MBA. After a first career as an analyst in the European equity markets he embarked upon a new one in writing historical fiction. His debut novel, Malcolm MacPhail's Great War (2017) was followed by My Hundred Days of War (2018). A War for King and Empire (2020) is the third and most recent in the Malcolm MacPhail WW1 series. Darrell's first novel, Malcolm MacPhail's Great War set in 1917-1918, introduced the world to Malcolm MacPhail, a young Canadian soldier whose penchant for plain-speaking proves almost as hazardous as the momentous battles of the Great War in which he finds himself. With Darrell's second book, My Hundred Days of War, MacPhail's story continues into the decisive final campaign of 1918. His latest novel, A War for King and Empire, takes the reader back to 1915 with MacPhail arriving on the Western Front as an inexperienced private on the eve of a major battle (chronologically this makes the book the first in the series). The books can be read as a series or stand-alone.

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ISBN 13	9789492843210
ISBN 10	9492843218
Title	A Summer for War
Author	Darrell Duthie
Series	Malcolm Macphail Ww1
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Esdorn Editions
Year published	2021-11-16
Number of pages	298
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