The discovery within a family archive of a hidden document containing a dark secret led author Vee Walker to spend ten years unravelling the unlikely yet true love story of her grandparents, Evie and Tom Westmacott.
Set during the Great War and spanning events in India, England, Wales, Scotland, Belgium, Germany and France, this genre-defying epic weaves together a stirring and intricate plot full of memorable characters with intertwining destinies: the author's grandfather Tom, the proud and damaged cavalry officer; his nurse and reluctant bride, Evie; Tom's vicious Highland soldier-laird nemesis, Lochdubh; Amar Singh, the steadfast senior Sikh cavalry officer; Tom's protector, Harnam Singh; the reckless yet terrified young lieutenant, Reggie Durand; Gaston Derome, the hero mayor of Bavay, a French town clinging to survival under the heel of the invader; and four unforgettable horses. The real-life strands of their lives twist together ever more tightly until they reach an unforgettable and uplifting climax.
No ordinary work of fiction, Major Tom’s War is a novel to hand down through time, as each generation attempts to make sense of the First World War: a book to savour, to share and to cherish.
