The Ice March

by Peter Darman

Overview

‘The Ice March’ is the story of Mikhail Petrov, an impoverished peasant from a small village near Moscow who is drafted into the Imperial Russian Army at the beginning of World War I in 1914. The belligerent nations all believe that the war will be short, glorious and victorious. But for men like Mikhail the grim reality is one of privations, defeats and death on the battlefield in a war that seemingly has no end.
Weeks turn into months and then years as the Imperial Army is bled white on the Eastern Front. For Mikhail and his friends the aim is just to survive but he and they are caught up in tumultuous events as Russia collapses into revolution and then civil war. Mikhail’s fate becomes entwined with that of a beautiful young princess and together they flee south to the Cossack lands of the Don. There they join a fledging movement dedicated to fighting the Bolsheviks who have seized control of the country. But the White Army is weak and soon it is fighting for its life on the icy steppe, battling against massive odds as Bolshevik Red Guards close in to wipe out the ‘counter-revolutionaries’ and all those who fight for them.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940154043011
Publisher:	Peter Darman
Publication date:	03/01/2017
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	754,742
File size:	567 KB

About the Author

I was raised in Grantham, Lincolnshire and attended the King's Grammar School after passing the Eleven Plus exam. In the latter I clearly remember writing an essay on Oliver Cromwell – my first piece of military writing. Then came a BA in history and international relations at Nottingham followed by a Master of Philosophy course at the University of York. The subject was the generalship and cavalry of Prince Rupert of the Rhine, my boyhood hero, during the English Civil War. The year I spent researching and writing at York, Oxford and at the British Library in London was a truly wonderful time. I moved to London and eventually joined a small publishing company as an editor. Thus began my writing career. I now live in Lincolnshire with my wife Karen.