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Synopsis

1917, and on the Western Front the fighting is still intense, losses are terrible and the outcome is uncertain

It's July 1917, and as the sun sets over no-man's-land so Joseph Reavley's heart sinks with it. As Chaplain he is charged with keeping up the men's morale, but as rumours of mutiny grow stronger he knows that he is losing any chance of getting through to them. Then after the death of an officer, twelve soldiers are arrested and it falls to Joseph to find them and uncover the truth about their involvement.

Away from the trenches Joseph's brother Matthew, of the S.I.S., is also in pursuit of the truth, whilst struggling to come to terms with his part in the death of the man they called the Peacemaker. Approached by a Junior Cabinet Minister who is being blackmailed, Matthew learns of a plot to destroy the men who can prevent an enemy alliance and bring about lasting peace. As he embarks on an investigation, Matthew is aware that his own life is under threat but it is a small price to pay to secure the future of millions.

At Some Disputed Barricade is the penultimate book in Anne Perry's powerful quintet recreating the English experience of the First World War.

Praise for Anne Perry

'She does a superb job of bringing the grimness and waste to life, in a nice shift of gears from her two nineteenth-century historical series' - Publishers Weekly