Frontline

'The doctor hits the spot and deserves to be read' - Jeffrey Archer 'A story to get the heart racing' - Daily Express 'An enthralling tale' - Daily Mirror 'Dr Hilary is a master storyteller' - Lorraine Kelly CBE ___LOVE GAVE THEM STRENGTH. LOVING EACH OTHER GAVE THEM COURAGE.Britain and her allies are engaged in a long war with Germany.Grace is the daughter of landed gentry, volunteering as a nurse on the Western Front.Will is the son of a dockworker, driven to enlist by a sense of patriotism and the thrill of adventure.When their lives collide in a field hospital in France, they form a passionate connection.This is a sweeping and sumptuous WW1 drama and historical epic, perfect for fans of Ken Follett, Kate Mosse and Jeffrey Archer.

Autorentext

Dr Hilary Jones is a General Practitioner and regular contributor to multiple newspapers and television shows. He is a well-known and trusted face to millions in the UK. UNDER DARKENING SKIES is the concluding novel in his epic medical trilogy.

Klappentext

Frontline is the first instalment in a series charting the rise of a prominent medical family in the 20th Century. From war to a global pandemic, the discovery of penicillin and the birth of the NHS, the Burnetts find themselves at the centre of domestic and international developments in public health.
It's 1914 and Europe is at war with itself. Grace is the daughter of the landed gentry, who defies her parents' wishes and volunteers as a nurse on the Western Front. Will is the son of a dockworker and doing his best to keep himself out of trouble, working nights as a hospital porter and trying to get through school. But the lure of patriotism and the thrill of adventure prove irresistible and he enlists while still in his middle teens.
We experience the atrocities of life in the trenches through the eyes of these two characters, whose lives collide in a field hospital in France. By then, Will is a stretcher bearer whose medical talents impress all the doctors. Grace is an ambulance driver whose bravery and compassion is legendary within the army.
But as rumours of an armistice begin to circulate, so does a virus of mysterious origins, carrying with it an unimaginable death toll of soldiers and civilians across the globe.

Zusammenfassung
A drama set on the battlefields of Europe as a global influenza pandemic looms.