Kingdoms Fall

by Edward Parr

One hundred years ago, the world was changed forever by one of the bloodiest wars in history. "Kingdoms Fall" tells the story of World War I from the perspective of two British officers newly recruited into the fledgling Secret Intelligence Service. As the young agents journey to Gallipoli, Vienna, Petrograd, the Somme and the French village of Septsarges to pursue their missions for Great Britain, David Gresham and James Wilkins see (and sometimes cause) catastrophic events that shake the foundations of Western Civilization. Hardcover edition - three novels in one volume.

578 pages, Hardcover

Published October 30, 2015

About the author

Edward (Ted) Parr studied playwriting at New York University in the 1980’s and staged several plays Off-Off-Broadway, including Trask, Mythographia, Jason and Medea, Rising and an original translation of Oedipus Rex before pursuing a lengthy career in the law and public service. He has always had a strong interest in narrative and expanding narrative forms. In his novel writing, Edward explores older genres of fiction (like the pulp fiction French Foreign Legion adventure or the earliest spy adventures) as inspiration to examine historical periods and places. His historical fiction trilogy "Kingdoms Fall" was award best first novel and best historical fiction novel 2016 by Literary Classics. His biggest inspirations are Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Bernard Cornwell, Phillipa Gregory, Georges Surdez, and Patrick O’Brien.