The Shadow of War by Jack Murray (latest ebook reader txt) 📗

his Panzer army to Tunisia. He left for Europe inMarch 1943. Rommel’s last military appointment was to command the Army innorthwest Europe. By then Rommel had lost all faith in AdolfHitler.His disenchantment led to a confrontation with Hitler and a possible involvementin a failed assassination attempt. He committed suicide in 1944. He was given astate funeral.

ColonelHenry Dinham Drew

Drewserved in France and Belgium with the Machine Gun Corps, was wounded twice. Hecommanded the 5th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment in North Africa. At the end ofthe war he was Second-in-Command, HQ 31st Tank Brigade. He survived the war andretired in 1946.

AlBowlly (1898 – 1941)

TheSouth African singer, Al Bowlly, enjoyed popularity on both sides of theAtlantic during the 30’s. In particular, his partnership with band leader, RayNoble, resulted in many classic recordings including ‘Goodnight Sweetheart’ and‘The Very Thought of You’. His career was brought to a premature end when hedied during an air raid in London in 1941.

 Acknowledgements

Itis not possible to write a book on your own. There are contributions from somany people either directly or indirectly over many years. Listing them allwould be an impossible task.

Specialmention therefore should be made to my wife and family who have been patientand put up with my occasional grumpiness when working on this project.

Mybrother Edward, and John Convery helped in proofing and made supportivecomments that helped me tremendously. I have been very lucky to receive badlyneeded editing from Kathy Lance who has helped tighten up some of thegrammatical issues that, frankly, plagued my earlier books. She has been aGodsend!

Mylate father and mother both loved books. They encouraged a love of reading,particularly about history. My father’s taste in music is also reflected iinthe references to the late, great Al Bowlly.

Followingwriting, comes the business of marketing. My thanks to Mark Hodgson and SophiaKyriacou for their advice on this important area. Additionally, a shout out tothe wonderful folk on 20Booksto50k.

Finally,my thanks to the teachers who taught and nurtured a love of writing.

 About the Authors

JackMurray lives just outside London with his family. Born in Ireland he has spentmost of his adult life in the England. His first novel, ‘The Affair of theChristmas Card Killer’ has been a global success. Four further Kit Aston novelshave been published: ‘The Chess Board Murders’, ‘The French Diplomat Affair’,‘The Phantom’, ‘The Frisco Falcon’ and, most recently, ‘The Medium Murders’. Severalcharacters from this series also appear in this book.

Part2 of ‘Some Have Fallen – Sidi Rezegh’, will appear at the beginning of Augustwith part 3 in late 2020 or early 2021.

JMurray

JackMurray is the nephew of the author. Jack is currently at Portsmouth Universitystudying Computer Games Technology. He is also an avid student of World War IIand tanks, in particular. Jack has provided research and contributed ideas tothe development of this story.