Malcolm MacPhail’s Great War gaat over een jonge officier in het Canadese Corps die de inlichtingenbranche komt versterken op een cruciaal moment in de slag om het Westelijk Front.Fall 1917. The Western Front is in stalemate.Captain Malcolm MacPhail of the Canadian Corps has been in the trenches for longer than he cares to remember. He’s just landed a new job on the intelligence staff, but if he thinks staying alive is going to become any easier, he’s sorely mistaken. The rain is pelting down, the shells are flying and the dreaded battle for Passchendaele looms. Malcolm reckons matters can still get worse. Which proves to be an accurate assessment, especially as his unruly tongue has a habit of making enemies all on its own. The Allies are fighting desperately to swing the tide of war, and Malcolm’s future hangs in the balance, so keeping his head down is simply not an option…The horror of war. The valour of men. A war-weary young officer joins the intelligence staff as WW1 near a critical juncture. Meticulously researched, Malcolm MacPhail’s Great War is an historical novel of gritty realism, humour and drama set amidst the Allied struggle to gain the upper hand on the Western Front.