A soldier falls asleep on duty and is threatened with being court-martialled.
These are stories of death and survival, of hope and despair, and of ordinary people whose lives will never be the same again..
In this powerfully moving book, Faulks shows us the true face of war.
A young man walks across Waterloo Bridge, explosives in his rucksack, heart pounding.
An officer lies in mud, fighting for his life and the life of his men.
A soldier falls asleep on duty and is threatened with being court-martialled