Bibliograph

The Chaplain, Alford Saga Series, Book 5, Paul Almond

Type

Label

The Chaplain, Alford Saga Series, Book 5, Paul Almond

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Chaplain

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Paul Almond

Series statement

Alford Saga

Sub title

Alford Saga Series, Book 5

Summary

The Prime Minister gives permission for John Alford to board a tramp steamer crammed with a thousand young enlistees bound for adventure in the Boer War. They steam across a stormy Atlantic into a year of dusty, disease-ridden battles in South Africa - the first engagement by Canadian Forces on foreign soil. He and his courageous comrades endure freezing night-long marches and thirst-ridden days as they mount dangerous attacks on Boer commandoes under a blazing sun, turning the tide of war in the great battle of Paardeberg Drift. He falls in love, but as Chaplain, he must first comfort the dying, tend wounded friends, and with his troops assault the impregnable Thaba 'Nchu, the Black Mountain. This enthralling tale of bravery and self-sacrifice is the first romantic adventure novel set in the Boer War for over a hundred years

Target audience

adult

Contributor