Brothers in Arms

G. S. Willmott

• Publisher: Garry Willmott
• Print ISBN:
  9781925280852
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9781742982861
• Subtopic: Historical Fiction
• Index: Literature

This is an extraordinary story, one which provides insights into the dualities of human nature, especially against a background of war. We are confronted with the potential within all of us for both heroism and cowardice, honesty and deception, altruism and greed; there is, in the intensity of war-time, a heightened awareness of moral dilemmas, choices between good and evil which have eternally confronted humankind. Weaving an intriguing narrative, the author confronts his readers also with the question: where does truth lie? At what point can one depart from contextual history to enter the world of fiction and imagination? Brothers in Arms provides a rare balance between well-researched historical fact and convincingly imagined events and characters; the plot, with its constant surprises and multiple twists, Is a tour de force and sustains tension and suspense until the final pages. By creating the personal tragedy of an imagined family within the social, cultural and historical framework of three wars and three continents, Garry Wilmott provides illuminating facts, thought-provoking questions and a constantly engaging read.

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• He’s a Rebel
• This is a Real Boer
• Danie Boy A True Hero
• Just Concentrate
• Young Winston
• News of the World
• University Days
• Fortune Favours the Brave
• They’re in the Army Now
• We’ll Make an Officer of You Yet
• An Officer and a Gentleman
• The Belle of the Ball
• The Horror of War
• Train Wreck
• Cain and Able
• God Help Me What Have I Done?
• I’m the King of the Castle
• The Good Life
• New York, New York
• Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
• Born in the USA
• The King and I
• We’re Back Germany’s Revenge
• From Boston to Normandy
• The Blitz
• Hitler’s Secret Weapon
• D Day What a Day
• Hitler’s Last Stand
• Liberation of Paris
• Peace At Last
• Mistaken Identity
• Private Investigations
• Queen of Hearts
• Reunited Love is a Many Splendoured Thing
• Tattoo You
• Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
• Justice Shall be Done
• The Day of Reckoning
• Here Comes the Judge
• Judgment Day
• Love many, trust a few, and always paddle your own canoe
• The Decision of This Court is…
• The Times, they are a Changing
• Decades of Turmoil
• Terror