Title: March to the sound of the guns /
Authors: Grover, Ray, 1931-2019
Publisher: Longacre Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 Fiction; World War, 1914-1918 New Zealand Fiction.
Abstract: Derived from 20 years of exhaustive research into soldiers' diaries and letters, close study of military history and detailed inspection of battlefields, this novel is told through eyes of five participants: Colonel Malone, who, almost alone, from the beginning knew what war was about, Harry, the Christian sniper, Jim, the leftwing activist, Frank, the intellectual and Nelle, the beautiful volunteer nurse, strong-minded and in love with a fighter pilot whose life was measured by the hour.
Contents: Maps -- New Zealand -- Gallipoli -- Somme -- Passchendaele -- 1918.