At Some Disputed Barricade

Marc Notes: Read by Michael Page.; Director, Laura Grafton; engineer, Kevon Klemple.; Unabriged.; Compact disc.; Men and women torn by their convictions are challenged by the perils of war. Publisher Marketing: July 1917: Joseph Reavley, a chaplain, and his sister Judith, an ambulance driver, are bone-weary as they approach the fourth year of the conflict; the peace of the English countryside seems a world away. On the Western Front, the Battle of Passchendaele has begun, and among the many fatalities from Joseph s regiment is the trusted commanding officer, who is replaced by a young major whose pompous incompetence virtually guarantees that many good soldiers will die needlessly. But soon he, too, is dead - killed by his own men. Although Joseph would like to turn a blind eye, he knows that he must not. Judith, however, anguished at the prospect of courts-martial and executions for the twelve men arrested for the crime, has no such inhibitions and, risking her own life, helps all but one of the prisoners to escape. Back in England, Joseph and Judith s brother, Matthew, continues his desperate pursuit to unmask the sinister figure known as the Peacemaker - an obsessed genius who has committed murder and treason in an attempt to stop Britain from winning the war. As Matthew trails the Peacemaker, Joseph tracks his escaped comrades through Switzerland and into enemy territory. His search will lead to a reckoning pitting courage and honor against the blind machinery of military justice." Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 11/01/2006 pg. 52 (EAN 9780345456588, Hardcover) Booklist 01/01/2007 pg. 65 (EAN 9780345456588, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 01/29/2007 pg. 42 (EAN 9780345456588, Hardcover) Romantic Times 03/01/2007 pg. 84 (EAN 9780345456588, Hardcover) Romantic Times 04/01/2007 pg. 88 (EAN 9780345456588, Hardcover) Library Journal 10/01/2007 pg. 104 (EAN 9781593550677, Compact Disc) Contributor Bio:  Perry, Anne Anne Perry is the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, including Buckingham Palace Gardens and Long Spoon Lane, and the William Monk novels, including Execution Dock and Dark Assassin. She is also the author of a series of five World War I novels, as well as seven holiday novels, most recently A Christmas Odyssey, and a historical novel, The Sheen on the Silk, set in the Ottoman Empire. Anne Perry lives in Scotland. Contributor Bio:  Page, Michael Michael Page has been recording audiobooks since 1984 and has over two hundred titles to his credit. He has won several "AudioFile" Earphones Awards, including for "The War That Killed Achilles" by Caroline Alexander and "The Lies of Locke Lamora" by Scott Lynch.