340pp, with some black and white illustrations in text. Signed by the author inside the front cover. Laminated stiff card covers. 8vo. A little gentle edge wear to card covers.
A narrative account of the story of Alan and Peggy Horton: married in 1940, within weeks Alan arrived in Crete, via Egypt, where he and his colleagues suffered a catastrophic defeat and were carted off as prisoners of war to Nazi Germany. The narrative is based on the letters and correspondence between the couple, described by the Imperial War Museum as 'one of the most complete sets of letters they have ever seen between a husband and wife', recounting the experiences of life in war time Britain, the pain and suffering of a couple split apart by war, and the frustration, boredom and deprivations of fighting men forced to idleness on the side-lines of war by imprisonment by the enemy.
