The Great Swindle

by Pierre Lemaitre

Book Overview

The year is 1918, the war on the Western Front all but over. An ambitious officer, Lieutenant Henry D'Aulnay-Pradelle, sends two soldiers over the top and then surreptitiously shoots them in the back to incite his men to attack the German lines. When another of D'Aulnay-Pradelle's soldiers, Albert Maillard, reaches the bodies and discovers how they died, the lieutenant shoves him into a shell hole to silence him. Albert is rescued by fellow soldier,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623659035
• ISBN13: 9781623659035
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Maclehose Press Quercus
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"