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Into the mouth of a furnace…
COURAGE, sacrifice and selfless devotion to duty in the face of overwhelming odds… the dramatic narrative of The Shilling traces the story of one man’s ordeal during that fateful summer of 1914 when an entire continent became consumed by the flames of war.
From Aldershot barracks to the cornfields of Belgium, from the rain-swollen rivers of Picardy to the ramparts of a Flemish town that would become a byword for human suffering, this is the story of an ordinary soldier caught up in extraordinary times as empires tottered and fell.
Nearly a century after the guns fell silent, journalist and author John Phillpott discovers a grimy coin in a drawer. This will be the spur to a personal voyage of discovery that will gradually disperse the sands of time to reveal a story of heroism that had almost faded into the pages of history.
The early optimism of the Aldershot parade ground rapidly gives way to the hellish reality of Flanders as The Shilling casts a light into dark times when the world stood on the brink.
Yet this gripping narrattive also reminds the reader of the unquenchable flame that burns in the human spirit and reminds us how the triumph of faith can - somehow - overcome all adversity…
COURAGE, sacrifice and selfless devotion to duty in the face of overwhelming odds… the dramatic narrative of The Shilling traces the story of one man’s ordeal during that fateful summer of 1914 when an entire continent became consumed by the flames of war.
From Aldershot barracks to the cornfields of Belgium, from the rain-swollen rivers of Picardy to the ramparts of a Flemish town that would become a byword for human suffering, this is the story of an ordinary soldier caught up in extraordinary times as empires tottered and fell.
Nearly a century after the guns fell silent, journalist and author John Phillpott discovers a grimy coin in a drawer. This will be the spur to a personal voyage of discovery that will gradually disperse the sands of time to reveal a story of heroism that had almost faded into the pages of history.
The early optimism of the Aldershot parade ground rapidly gives way to the hellish reality of Flanders as The Shilling casts a light into dark times when the world stood on the brink.
Yet this gripping narrattive also reminds the reader of the unquenchable flame that burns in the human spirit and reminds us how the triumph of faith can - somehow - overcome all adversity…
