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Over by Christmas Paperback – Dec 9 2011

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Two stories in parallel... It is 1914. As war engulfs the British Empire, Royal Navy gunner, George Royal awaits his next ship in his home port where his best friend has fallen in love with beautiful Carrie, a woman with secrets. When she is attracted to George, she brings the two men into conflict. Unprepared for war, Britain's leadership is being severely tested. Even during Cabinet meetings, at which his bickering warlords make fate-changing decisions, the Prime Minister is preoccupied with his love for a young woman. George Royal epitomises the young men who collectively brought Great Britain safely through the conflict and never questioned or knew of the circumstances of the warlords who worked in white stone buildings in London and placed them in danger every day throughout the war. Through the personal lives of Britain's leaders and George's coming-of-age, love triangles at home and ferocious battles at sea, the story reveals how the machinations of leaders influenced the course of the Great War and the fate of those fighting it. Puppet masters, puppets, through tragedy, bravery, life and death, the message they all carried was that it would all be Over By Christmas Reviewers' Comments: - "Written by an ex Naval Officer this well researched book brings fact and fiction together and I would suggest also his own naval experiences. The battle scenes are first class." (CB) "An engrossing novel about cataclysmic events" (RNM) "A very absorbing read, which held my attention throughout" (RRJ) "A superb novel in which real events, imagined histories, human relationships and politics intertwine" (PS) "Highly recommended" (RNM)

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Publisher : U P Publications; 2nd ed. edition (Dec 9 2011)
Language : English
Paperback : 380 pages
ISBN-10 : 1908135034
ISBN-13 : 978-1908135032
Item Weight : 508 g
Dimensions : 15.2 x 1.99 x 22.9 cm

Best Sellers Rank: #3,041,188 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #7,472 in Military Historical Fiction
- #20,934 in War Fiction (Books)

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Peter Smith

Worth reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2013

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A really good historical account of a number of key incidents in WW1 combined with a very good story. I enjoyed it, but not qute Bernard Cornwell.

Kindle Customer

It was okay

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 10, 2013

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Quite good but it seemed to trail away with the love interest. Historical naval fine and will there be a second follow-up novel.

wibblewobble

A great book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 31, 2013

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I enjoyed every page of it. It was a fairly long book too. History mixed with make believe, a nice idea.

Linda Ferguson

A breath of fresh air !!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 25, 2008

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Over By Christmas is a breath of fresh air. At last, here is a book about life in the Great War from the Royal Navy's perspective. It is a "factional" novel in which the author uniquely brings to life many of the powerful, historical characters who were strutting the world stage at that time, making them integral to the fictional world he creates for the loves and lives of ordinary people both on the home front and at sea.

There is something for everyone here -- wonderfully descriptive accounts of explosive action at sea and on the beaches at Gallipoli, as well as strong characterisation, tender romance and a love triangle -- complete with betrayals -- on the home front. Over-arching all is the intriguing factual story of the British Prime Minister's obsessive love for a young society woman while his warlords are bickering among themselves and courting dire circumstances.

Over By Christmas is an absorbing read. I couldn't put it down and I highly recommend it to both male and female readers.

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Joburgpaul

A very good read

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2012

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I enjoyed this book thoroughly.
Would recommend it to anyone interested in the human side of 1914 and the strata of society back then.

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