The Darkness and the Thunder
  • Published: 18 November 2015
  • ISBN: 9781405916288
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 656
  • RRP: $49.99
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The Darkness and the Thunder

1915: The Great War Series

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The second novel in The Great War series, The Darkness and the Thunder is an epic novel of love, death and courage

1915. The Western Front is a wasteland of barbed wire, shell craters and mud-filled trenches. Winston Churchill, searching for a solution to the stalemate, commits the Allies to a disastrous Gallipoli campaign.

As men on both sides die in droves, miners and mill-workers work tirelessly for the war effort while families confront the broken bodies of returning soldiers. Nurses, soldiers, politicians, factory-workers and children - all are torn apart by war, and for husbands and sons, mothers and wives, the old way of life is vanishing.
  • Published: 18 November 2015
  • ISBN: 9781405916288
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 656
  • RRP: $49.99
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Praise for The Darkness and the Thunder

Anyone with even a vague interest in Britain and the Great War should read Shadow of War

Celia Sandys, granddaughter of Winston Churchill

An epic . . . the book on the conflict remembered this year 100 years on

Jon Wise, Sunday Sport

Stewart Binns has produced a real page-turner, a truly stunning adventure story

Alastair Campbell

A fascinating mix of fact, legend and fiction . . . this is storytelling at its best

Daily Mail

Stewart's books always leave me with a sense of pride for my country, and this book is no exception, but this is tempered by the individual courage and the individual loss. The personal tales that inspire and horrify in equal measure. By the time I finished the book I felt entertained and educated, which for me form the key pillars of a great Historical Fiction novel. Once again Stewart Binns has managed to create something unique, entertaining and eye-opening, I'm very much looking forward to book 2.

Robin Carter, Parmenion Books

The whole thing is a tour de force of writing brilliance, and it's great to know that in five years' time, Stewart will have delivered a book for each of the first world war years. A totally enjoyable experience, a brilliant start to a terrific project.

Books Monthly

Unarguably heart-warming... will leave any reader with a sense of British pride

Goodreads

Truly a book that educates while entertaining, a talent of this best-selling author

Historical Novel Review

Binn takes readers deep into historical events . . . bring[ing] history alive

San Francisco Book Review