Breaking ranks
Subtitle: three interrupted lives
By: James McNeish
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Auckland, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781775540908; 9781775491279
Subjects: Men; Biography
Other titles: Breaking ranks :
Description: "This is the story of three men - a doctor, a soldier and a judge. They are men of rare achievement. The doctor has the gift of saving others but not himself. The soldier disobeys orders and abandons his command post in a bid to die with his men. The judge cares more to uphold a principle than save himself from ruin.All three defy convention in a way that exacts a price.The first two, Dr John Saxby and Brigadier Reginald Miles, destroy themselves. The death of the judge, Peter Mahon, is hastened by his stand for truth and justice on behalf of the victims of New Zealand's worst air disaster"--Publisher information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: John Saxby; title: Reginald Miles; title: Peter Mahon.