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Where Is The Number?

Where Is The Number? by Nicholas Temple-Smith cover image.

Historical

Where Is The Number?

On Sale 5th February, 2019
Format(s): Kindle and Paperback
Categories: War & Military Action Fiction, War Story Fiction, Historical Fiction


  • About

    Where Is The Number? – Bank clerks, farm workers, labourers, a thief, a former NCO, an office manager, a chauffeur, a serving officer, an artist, a poet, two young men about to go up to university, and an aristocrat…

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    Just some of the many who answered Kitchener’s call to serve their country in the autumn of 1914, fully expecting it to all be over by Christmas.

    What awaited them was months of training, learning to dig trenches, drill, march… and kill.

    And when the time came, more than two Christmases later, they went to war on the opening day of the bloodiest battle in the history of the British Army: the Somme.

    What they discovered on that sunny July morning, as they took part in the lottery of combat, was that they weren’t only fighting for King and Country and for their nation’s honour, but also for their regiment and for each other, and that while friends may be lost, friendship is eternal.

    In this poignant and moving novel, Nicholas Temple-Smith tells the story of this handful of men, whose fictitious journey mirrors that of so many of the lost generation.

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  • Product Details

    Format(s): Paperback and Kindle
    ISBN: 978-1-910603-68-0 (Paperback)
    ASIN: B07NDX395W (Kindle)
    Edition: 1st Edition
    Imprint: GWL Publishing
    Classification: Fiction, Adult, Romance, Contemporary
    Paperback Published: 6th February, 2019
    Kindle Published: 5th February, 2019
    No. of pages: 374pp
    List Price – Kindle: £2.99
    List Price – Paperback: £11.00

  • Reviews

    “Really enjoyed this book!”

    USA Amazon Customer Review, March, 2019.

    “Well written book”

    UK Amazon Customer Review, May, 2019.

    “Mr. Temple-Smith has a very special way of writing.”

    Goodreads Member Review, August, 2019.

    “A Poignant Journey from Innocence to the Somme”

    UK Amazon Customer Review, September, 2019.

    “A great book”

    USA Amazon Customer Review, October, 2019.

    “Brilliant Read!”

    UK Amazon Customer Review, December, 2019.

  • Author Websites

    Author’s official website: www.nicholastemplesmith.com

    FaceBook: www.facebook.com

    Instagram: www.instagram.com

    Twitter: twitter.com


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This Thing of Memory

Front cover image of This Thing of Memory by David Hynes.

War Poetry

This Thing of Memory

On Sale 14th October, 2014

Format(s): Kindle and Paperback
Categories: War Poetry



  • About

    This book is not about First World War Poets. Others may choose to revere them.

    Nor is it about mud, blood and poppycock, nor anything to do with Sassoon, Owen, Rosenberg, Gurney or Graves, except in commemoration.

    More than anything, I am not concerned with poets, or their war.

    My subject is the marking of the centenary and the way in which we experience it.
    All a poet can do today is remember.

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    This Thing of Memory is a new volume of poems by David Hynes, examining the impact of the First World War; its imprint on our memory and conscience, both personal and collective, and the experience of the centenary commemorations: a unique event for each generation.

    The poems contained in this collection enact a subtle kind of magic, offering a fresh perspective at every turn. From the tragic to the humorous; the original to the vaguely familiar, these verses are as individual as the people reading them, and the people being remembered within their lines.

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  • Product Details

    Format(s): Paperback and Kindle
    ISBN: 978-1-910603-01-7 (Paperback)
    ASIN: B00OHWSLSK (Kindle)
    Edition: 1st Edition
    Imprint: GWL Publishing
    Classification: War Poetry
    Paperback Published: 11 November, 2014
    Kindle Published: 11 November, 2014
    No. of pages: 136pp
    List Price – Kindle: £1.99
    List Price – Paperback: £7.99

  • Reviews

    “Five Stars”

    UK Amazon Customer Review, April, 2015.

    “Moving and thought provoking.”

    UK Amazon Customer Review, December, 2014.

    “Thoughtful and powerful”

    UK Amazon Customer Review, November, 2014.

    “A fantastic collection …”

    UK Amazon Customer Review, November, 2014.

    “… One is a tasteful assortment of writings about the Great War. Taking us back to the horrors of …”

    UK Amazon Customer Review, November, 2014.

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