I had
another reason for writing that story. My grandfather was one of the first to
be sent across the English Channel in 1914. He fought and was badly wounded twice
and he carried the scars to the end of his life. I wanted to know what it was
like. My pre-conceived ideas were centred around the trenches because that’s
what most of us think about when the subject of that war comes around. But
there was so much more to it than that, and I wanted to learn about the bits that
don’t often get talked about.
I see
this book as the first in a possible series. It covers what happened in the
aftermath of the Battle of Mons. No trenches, the Schlieffen Plan, lots of innocents killed, and the secret agents
of Commander Mansfield Smith-Cumming rooting out intelligence. The second story
– when I get round to it – will cover the First Battle of Ypres.
I think I’ve
talked myself into a big task.
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