Friends & Battles

About the Book

Against the background of the 1916 Battle of the Somme, Celeste de Hueslin, the young aristocratic French war widow, and Dennis Carswell, a married British officer, are thrown together. Their loving relationship endures shellfire, enemy occupation, wounding, injury and illness which leave their lives in tatters; two more victims of the First World War. More turbulent years follow during which their circumstances alter dramatically until the poignant conclusion is reached decades later.

About the Author

The Author, born in Wyoming, is a former military and civil pilot who has flown professionally and extensively in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, the South Pacific and Africa, while pursuing a simultaneous career as a writer and broadcaster. Now retired, he devotes his time to writing from the safe haven of a cottage overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in the Duchy of Cornwall, England.