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The Tiger and the Fly: A Young Man's Struggle to Come of Age Amidst the Horror of the First World War
It is 1914 and the only life sixteen year old Harry has known is one of hardship and poverty. Merely struggling to survive, he and his father are forced to take desperate measures. When Europe is plunged into conflict, it is an easy decision for him to 'go for a soldier.' Soon he is thrust into an unfamiliar world of violence as he takes part in the savage battles which raged in Northern France and Flanders during the Spring of 1915.
Amongst the devastation of the Western Front, Harry comes of age, discovering death, terror, love and hate amidst the greatest war the world had ever seen. Harry must struggle to survive battling the enemies of his country and a figure from his past.
Amongst the devastation of the Western Front, Harry comes of age, discovering death, terror, love and hate amidst the greatest war the world had ever seen. Harry must struggle to survive battling the enemies of his country and a figure from his past.
310 pages, Paperback
First published August 4, 2014
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Stuart Minor
45 books15 followersStuart Minor was born and raised in the rural county of Shropshire. Before becoming a professional writer he worked in a number of different trades and countries, seeing the world and doing everything from labouring to management. He has a degree in history and has been writing full-time since 2014 when he published his first novel: The Call of War. Since then he has seen considerable success, his series of sixteen books set in the First World War receiving high acclaim.
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September 29, 2018
Very, very good!
I took this book based on the reviews it had and i was not disappointed!! It starts off with the story of a young lad working in the mines and then his enlistment into the army and then his subsequent experience in the trenches of the front line of WW1.
I thought it may be a bit tame but i was wrong, Stuart Minor is a brilliant writer and has an obvious keen interest in WW1, i don't know his background but i would assume he is a historian of some sort with the amount of detail he goes into.
The story is very will written and you end up looking and hating certain characters and miss them when they die, as people do in wars!
A very good book and i can't wait to see what happens in the next one as this one finishes on a huge cliff hanger!
I took this book based on the reviews it had and i was not disappointed!! It starts off with the story of a young lad working in the mines and then his enlistment into the army and then his subsequent experience in the trenches of the front line of WW1.
I thought it may be a bit tame but i was wrong, Stuart Minor is a brilliant writer and has an obvious keen interest in WW1, i don't know his background but i would assume he is a historian of some sort with the amount of detail he goes into.
The story is very will written and you end up looking and hating certain characters and miss them when they die, as people do in wars!
A very good book and i can't wait to see what happens in the next one as this one finishes on a huge cliff hanger!
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