Dust and Steel - Hardcover

Mercer, Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 000730272X ISBN 13: 9780007302727

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

About the Author:

Born in 1956, Patrick Mercer read History at Oxford University before joining the Army. He commanded his battalion in Bosnia and Canada. Previously receiving a gallantry commendation, he was awarded the OBE in 1997. In 1999, Patrick Mercer accepted a post as the Defence Reporter for the Today Programme. In the 2001 election, he won the Tory seat in Newark. A respected historian, he has already published a non-fiction account of the Inkerman battle during the Crimean War.

Review:

Praise for To Do and Die: 'A finely-drawn depiction of battle and the camaraderie of war' Daily Mail 'A tremendous achievement by a storyteller who knows the humour, the fear and the frenzy of men in battle.' Bernard Cornwell 'Mercer's prose is muscular yet silky smooth . His depiction of the experience of battle is unsurpassed' Saul David, author of Zulu Dawn

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 000730272X
• ISBN 13: 9780007302727
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 390