Christopher Nicole
ASIN: B00NNML7I6
Publisher: Lume Books
Pages: 479
France, 1914. Murdoch Mackinder, Colonel in the Royal Western Dragoon Guards, prepares for active service.But as Mackinder's career as a soldier and strategist, and his happy and successful marriage to his American wife Lee, both prosper, the ghosts of his past return to haunt him. Margriet, the mother of his first son, flees her sadistic German husband, Paul von Reger, and throws herself on Murdoch's mercy. Mackinder's son, Ian, marries Margriet's daughter, to provide the protection of British nationality. And a twist of fate brings Murdoch face to face with a friend, now turned bitter enemy, who has the excuse of war and a very personal reason for wishing to see Murdoch dead.In ‘The Command’ Christopher Nicole continues the story, begun in ‘The Regiment’, of Murdoch Mackinder.‘The Command’ follows the adventures of Mackinder as he rises to the rank of General and sees active service ...