The first of a trilogy. 'Beautifully and graphically told.' - YORKSHIRE POST Young Harry Miles clashes with Michael Chadwick, son of a wealthy landowner, and sows the seeds of a lifetime's conflict. Waiting for his apprenticeship, Harry takes a temporary job at William Hardcastle's warehouse and falls in love with William's beautiful daughter, Mary. Several years later, the couple meet again and declare their love. William consents to their marriage, but his wife, Ethel, cannot forgive Harry's working class origins. The 1914-18 war breaks out, and Harry - driven into volunteering by Ethel's behaviour - finds himself under Chadwick's command. Taking his revenge, Chadwick makes Harry a machine gunner...
Genre: General Fiction
Genre: General Fiction
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