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Synopsis
Vietnam 1968. A US Marine platoon led by Tristram 8th Earl of Oundle had been airlifted to a clearing 15 klicks north of where they should have been dropped, outside radio range. After days of fighting Tristram allowed his platoon to attack a supposed Vietcong camp, but it was a village. Many innocents were killed. Tristram was a broken man, consumed by guilt. He resigned his commission and went to India to find salvation. Back in the UK, far from being at peace, he joined a Benedictine Monastery but quit after a year to live alone in remote northern Scotland.
A voyage of self-discovery, combat and romance.
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An entertaining and compulsive read. I love the poetry & the dreams. David Earl of Dudley. Writer and Musician. I loved this book. The writing flows. It's full of in-depth knowledge, thoroughly researched and written with accomplished flair. The author makes it look so easy. He's a consummate pro, who can really string a sentence together and his thoroughness is a joy to behold! He also writes some scintillating dialogue, which I think reveals his screen writing soul. Stephen Ward. Journalist. This book is so good I had to put it down and sleep on it before I could continue. Pasquale Falbo. Fast jet pilot with the US National Guard. The hero, Tristram, is well drawn as the questing Englishman. The author writes well about military life in action: the dialogue, nicknames, technical details and patois and life in the jungle ring true. His factual information about life in a monastery is most interesting too. I like the quotes which head the chapters. Shelagh Bocking. This book zips along with excellent dialogue and the characters emerge from the conversations. Cool names, and using 'The Art of War' is very effective. Nigel is a good storyteller and he has something to say. Andrew Rawlinson. Author. WHAT A GOOD READ! Authentic and intricately researched. Heartfelt and believable - so much so it seemed autobiographical or perhaps biographical. I was caught from the start. I laughed out loud, I wept, I was informed, loved the chapter titles and the quotes. I couldn't believe how gripped I was by the war-torn chapters in Nam. Though, I was grateful for Tristram's occasional Cambridge and spiritual interludes. These offered respite from the tension of the jungle horrors. I had never attempted war accounts before, thinking I'd never survive them. This book proved me wrong. I can handle it. As if by magic I was right beside Tristram in his jungle ordeal. Debbie Shorrock. Psychotherapist.
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