Brother Rats

by Lance Grimstone

In Brief :
280 pages, 153 mm x 235 mm, Soft cover, Section Sewn
This is the second historic novel by Lance Grimstone. As with his first book, When the Tulips Bled, the Author has brought World War II history to life through real, down-to-earth characters on both sides of the conflict in North Africa. Courage and compassion is expressed in so many ways - under fire, in retreat, in endurance, in stubbornness, in suffering, in fearing the worst, in struggling on regardless, in treating the enemy wounded as their own. Again, the Author's extensive research provides an authentic background to this engrossing narrative. And as with his first novel, he has uncovered more tantalising insights into our immigrant past and what it is to be Australian. ISBN 978-1876344535

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Overview:
When he announced the news that Australia was at war with Germany, radio personality Tom Samuels knew he had to enlist. Likewise, his brothers had no second thoughts in joining him on this great adventure. On the other side of the world, the Bartoli brothers were already in the Italian army, aligned with the German offensive. They faced off in the mighty battles that raged back and forth across the unforgiving, timeless sands of the North African desert. Tom and his brothers withstood all that Rommel\\\'s Afrika Korps could unleash, and they didn\\\'t know their efforts were to become legendary - as the now revered Rats of Tobruk. Nor did they realize that men like the Bartolis were learning to fear them, or that they were to become the ace up Montgomery\\\'s sleeve to ensure his ultimate victory at El Alamein. The cruel reality of war is that families like the Samuels and the Bartolis pay the price, and in so doing become brothers-in-arms. In these desperate hours, the Bartolis found it in their hearts to provide sanctuary to an escaped enemy prisoner-of-war who became quite special to them. When Mussolini\\\'s crazy world finally unraveled, Tom Samuels ran the gauntlet through the German lines to meet up with the Allied invasion forces at Salerno. But his heart remained behind in the hills of Tuscany. Locked inside was an unspoken love for Lucia Bartoli, a love that he had suppressed, a love that had to remain untouchable, unreachable ... unrequited.

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