Friedrich Monck

Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Friedrich Monck by G.R. Lloyd, AuthorHouse UK
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: G.R. Lloyd ISBN: 9781477219621
Publisher: AuthorHouse UK Publication: November 20, 2012
Imprint: AuthorHouse UK Language: English
Author: G.R. Lloyd
ISBN: 9781477219621
Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
Publication: November 20, 2012
Imprint: AuthorHouse UK
Language: English

Friedrich, a young Jewish chemist and talented pianist in pre-WWI Germany is sent to England on an espionage mission he doesnt take seriously. Between affairs with various girls, he forms friendships with composers George Butterworth (Meadowfield) and Vaughan-Williams. Forced to flee back to Germany as WWI looms, he joins the Wehrmacht as a sniper. Much about war in the trenches at the Battle of the Somme. Monck unknowingly kills his friend Meadowfield at and is taken prisoner himself. He is sheltered by a former girlfriend (who has borne his child) at his POW camp in the UK. After the war, they marry and return to Germany until in 1933, Monck, as a Jew, is dispossessed of property and work. His wife and child return to England while Friedrich is humiliated by his Nazi masters. He is sent to Theresienstadt (Terezin) and thence to Auschwitz (Buna). He is rescued from the Death March away from the approaching Russians. He returns to his wife in England where he falls ill and mentally scarred. He is unable to settle in the knowledge that his wife has fallen in love with an American major. Then he also discovers that it was he, himself, who shot his great friend George Meadowfield at the Battle of the Somme in WWI. He returns to a shattered Germany to try to recover his family property (with the aid of the same US major) and then to end it all, but meets once more the closet Jewish wife of the German adjutant at Theresienstadt, saves her from a Russian firing squad, and decides to live with her.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Friedrich, a young Jewish chemist and talented pianist in pre-WWI Germany is sent to England on an espionage mission he doesnt take seriously. Between affairs with various girls, he forms friendships with composers George Butterworth (Meadowfield) and Vaughan-Williams. Forced to flee back to Germany as WWI looms, he joins the Wehrmacht as a sniper. Much about war in the trenches at the Battle of the Somme. Monck unknowingly kills his friend Meadowfield at and is taken prisoner himself. He is sheltered by a former girlfriend (who has borne his child) at his POW camp in the UK. After the war, they marry and return to Germany until in 1933, Monck, as a Jew, is dispossessed of property and work. His wife and child return to England while Friedrich is humiliated by his Nazi masters. He is sent to Theresienstadt (Terezin) and thence to Auschwitz (Buna). He is rescued from the Death March away from the approaching Russians. He returns to his wife in England where he falls ill and mentally scarred. He is unable to settle in the knowledge that his wife has fallen in love with an American major. Then he also discovers that it was he, himself, who shot his great friend George Meadowfield at the Battle of the Somme in WWI. He returns to a shattered Germany to try to recover his family property (with the aid of the same US major) and then to end it all, but meets once more the closet Jewish wife of the German adjutant at Theresienstadt, saves her from a Russian firing squad, and decides to live with her.

More books from AuthorHouse UK

Cover of the book Our First Encore by G.R. Lloyd
Cover of the book From His Heart to Ours by G.R. Lloyd
Cover of the book The Hell and Joy of Running by G.R. Lloyd
Cover of the book Sonny, Gogo, Tobo, and Their Adventures by G.R. Lloyd
Cover of the book Dear Selene by G.R. Lloyd
Cover of the book The Formation and Development of the Angolan Armed Forces by G.R. Lloyd
Cover of the book The Red Sands by G.R. Lloyd
Cover of the book The Life and Times of a Duke by G.R. Lloyd
Cover of the book Tracey Tea Pot by G.R. Lloyd
Cover of the book No Laughing Matter by G.R. Lloyd
Cover of the book Sonia Gandhi by G.R. Lloyd
Cover of the book Living the Moment by G.R. Lloyd
Cover of the book A Difficult Age by G.R. Lloyd
Cover of the book Once up in a Garden by G.R. Lloyd
Cover of the book Oath & Honour by G.R. Lloyd
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy