Christmas Day · Flanders Fields · 1914

Christmas in
Flanders Fields

The only fictional novel set during the remarkable 1914 Christmas Day Truce — a story of love, hope, and the most unlikely friendships forged on the blood-soaked plains of No Man's Land.

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"Hauntingly beautiful" — Ultimate World Book Review
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The Novel

A Story Only History Could Inspire

Armed with dreams of heroic victory and Lord Kitchener's rally cry ringing in his ears, Jack Crosby proudly made his way to the front line. Once there, he quickly realised that there was no glory to be had on the blood-soaked fields of Flanders.


Then, on Christmas Eve, dulcet German tones carried on the wings of angels float serenely through the gloriously placid night air...


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From the Book
Water pours in, swirling around Jack's ankles, it meanders effortlessly through the trench, bringing with it the pungent stench of death. Body parts intermingle with rats and slushy mud. Cutting a forlorn figure, Jack's hardening heart aches for home, his beloved Rose and the idyllic life he now mourns.
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Praise for Christmas in
Flanders Fields

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A hauntingly beautiful and deeply human novel that captures the heartbreak, horror, and fleeting hope of the First World War.

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Ultimate World Book Review
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A profoundly humane, beautifully written, and unforgettable novel. A remarkable achievement in historical fiction.

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The Real History

The Christmas Truce of 1914

100,000
Soldiers Laid Down Arms
Unofficial truces spontaneously broke out along two-thirds of the Western Front on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 1914.
3 km
The Width of No Man's Land
Enemies who had been shelling each other for months crossed the frozen mud to shake hands, exchange gifts and share cigarettes.
110
Years of Remembrance
The Christmas Truce endures as one of the most remarkable acts of spontaneous humanity in the history of modern warfare.
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