Brian Murdoch Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

One by one the boys begin to fallâe¦ In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the âe~glorious warâe(tm). With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young âe~unknown soldierâe(tm) experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches.

Brian Murdoch provides an alternative view of the Middle Ages, showing the anarchy and decadence which lurked below the surface of a devout and conformist society. The grinning gargoyle, which mocked the solemnity of Gothic cathedrals, symbolises the violence, depravity and irreverence inherent in man which could not be suppressed by the church.