Michael G. Bergen

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Empire and War: The Rutherford Chronicles Part 2 (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

Could you have survived a soldier's life in the wretched trenches of the Western Front or the strict Prussian POW camps of WWI?

Having served in South Africa and British India, Joe Rutherford and his friends returned to their old way of life on Tyneside. They married and settled happily until the European Great War erupted in mid-1914. As reservists, Joe and his friends rejoin their old regiment and are shipped to the Western Front in France. There, they experience the perils of that horrific conflict in the deadly trenches and open, sodden farmlands under constant fire, where two of Joe's friends and many more lost their lives. Joe and his last remaining friend, Mike, are captured and taken to Germany, where they must survive in captivity by the enemy.

After a heroic attempt at escape, the friends are moved from one camp to another as living conditions gradually worsen. They cherish the care packages sent from home as they slow and trickle to a halt. They wonder why? At least they are in touch with their loved ones, experiencing their own difficulties at home, the women taking their places in the farms and factories. Will the soldiers and their families survive the war and the 1918 Flu pandemic? Will the soldiers overcome the harsh conditions of the POW camps, be freed and transported home to safety and medical treatment?

This second book of the Rutherford Chronicles traces the horror of WWI on the Western Front and in the POW Camps and how those prisoners and their families coped and survived such horrific times and events. Other personalities include Kaiser Wilhelm, Winston Churchill, Douglas Haig and the Canadians William Hart-McHarg and John McCrae.

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Autor

Michael Bergen was born in England and grew up in Canada, though he has lived in Europe and South Africa for most of his adult life, and it was here that The Rutherford Chronicles first sprang to life.

History was always Michael's first love and sparked an interest in his own family heritage. This led, following meticulous research, directly to his writing of The Rutherford Chronicles, a series of four books based on the lives of his ancestors, their friends and families and the broader world in the turbulent years of the early to mid 20th century, and culminating in the final novel, based on his own experiences during the Cold War of the second half of that century.

The Rutherford Chronicles follow the lives of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances, and events controlled by their much better known and more powerful contemporaries on all sides of the conflicts, many of whom are referenced within the pages of the books.

Part 1, Empire Discovered, begins during the Second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa and continues into British India. Reedsy reviewer Pixie Emsley says "An absorbing and unusual look at the Anglo Boer War, one of Britain's costliest in terms of money and men, as well as women and children."

Part 2, Empire and War, takes place in the trenches and German POW camps in WWI. Reedsy reviewer Pixie Emsley says "A revealing insight into Britain's involvement in World War I told from the viewpoint of a prisoner of war, with all the horrors of war."

Part 3, Empire and Tyranny, is about the interwar years following WWI, including the tragic times of the Great Depression. It is also the story of WWII through the eyes of a soldier of the Royal Canadian Artillery in England, Scotland and Italy and his marriage with a Rutherford daughter.

The last book, Part 4, Empires Lost, follows events during the Cold War, based on Michael's own experiences during the later half of the 20th century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Michael G. Bergen
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005935948
• Artikelnr.: 74366109