The Wrath of the Gods: The fortunes of three British servicemen sent on an ill-fated campaign to Greece during the Second World War. - Softcover

Speak, M. Y.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1530209064 ISBN 13: 9781530209064

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

It is late 1940. The Germans are advancing into the Balkans and British servicemen are sent to Greece. Among them are Alex, Hugh and the street-wise Eddie. In a crowded Athenian square, Alex literally bumps into Marina, a nurse in a local hospital. Both are immediately smitten, and plunge into a whirlwind romance, but will Marina's father allow her to marry a British soldier? Alex and Hugh are sent to the Front in the north of the country. Soon German tanks roll in and the sky is filled with enemy planes. British troops are vastly outnumbered and are ordered to evacuate. The journey south is long; the mountain roads are treacherous. They come under constant bombing and strafing. The three friends, separated from one another, try to reach safety. Not all will survive. Who will escape to freedom and what will happen to those who aren't so lucky? And what will become of Marina, left behind in Nazi-occupied Greece?

About this title

About the Author:

Born in the North-West of England, M.Y. Speak graduated from the University of London (Royal Holloway College), having obtained a degree in French with Italian subsidiary. She has taught English as a Foreign Language in Italy, as well as French and Italian in the United Kingdom. In 2002, under the name Yvonne Carroll, she published 'A Hymn for Eternity: the story of Wallace Hartley, Titanic Bandmaster'. She is married with three grown-up children. Now retired, she lives in Pennine Lancashire.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1530209064
• ISBN 13: 9781530209064
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 390