[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":97},["ShallowReactive",2],{"AXQ1Cb1rLu":3},[4,35,51,65,80],{"page":5,"detail":6,"is_page":6,"sections":7,"template":13,"collection":14,"meta_title":33,"field_sections":34,"meta_description":31},"home-page",true,[8,9,10,11,12],"Newsletter","Quote","Introduction","Buttons","Book cover","home",{"id":15,"slug":13,"order":16,"fields":17,"created_at":30,"meta_title":31,"meta_description":31,"comment_moderation_status":32},"RWdyQXOlMNvEw1pY",0,{"body":18,"cover":19,"quote":20,"title":21,"subtitle":22,"quote_title":21,"button1_link":23,"button1_text":24,"button2_link":25,"button2_text":26,"quote_subtitle":27,"newsletter_text":28,"newsletter_heading":29},"\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Allies\u003C/em> is a gripping and compelling story that represents a moral inquisition of a town faced with a dilemma of personal guilt, and examines the dubious motives displayed by those engaged in the struggle against Nazism.\u003C/p>","https://assets.netl.io/media/ord/book.png","\u003Cp>What are we fighting for if not that sort of ...decency, and proper respect. And I fear the arrival of these Americans will disrupt our way of life in ways we cannot as yet imagine. They are, after all, notorious for their disrespectful and bolshie temperament.\u003C/p>","Allies","28th November, 2024","/allies","Learn more","https://troubador.co.uk/bookshop/historical/allies","Buy now","Chapter 7","Be the first to hear about new releases and special discounts. I'll send out a fun, brief update every 2 months.","Subscribe","2024-08-16T11:21:30.033Z","","approved","Home",{"body":10,"cover":12,"quote":9,"title":10,"subtitle":10,"quote_title":9,"button1_link":11,"button1_text":11,"button2_link":11,"button2_text":11,"quote_subtitle":9,"newsletter_text":8,"newsletter_heading":8},{"page":36,"detail":6,"is_page":6,"sections":37,"template":39,"collection":40,"meta_title":49,"field_sections":50,"meta_description":31},"about-page",[8,9,38],"Biography","about",{"id":41,"slug":39,"order":16,"fields":42,"created_at":48,"meta_title":31,"meta_description":31,"comment_moderation_status":32},"Q8ZDNPvJzMvgzBkp",{"bio":43,"quote":44,"title":45,"quote_title":21,"quote_subtitle":46,"newsletter_text":47,"newsletter_heading":29},"\u003Cp>Although I spent my working life as a personal injury solicitor, I have been writing for pleasure for about forty years, and have never been able to break the habit. So I eventually decided to inflict my work on the general public.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>In historical fiction I can combine my love of literature with my love of history. My goal is not only to create as accurate a picture of the past as I can, but also to create believable - if not always sympathetic - characters, through whom we can inhabit that past, and make it live again.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>If good things don't always happen in my books, please understand that I have been a lifelong Newcastle United supporter, so neat, happy endings don't come naturally to me.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>I spend what spare time I have playing tennis, bowls and golf (all badly), and walking the fells. I am married, and have two lovely daughters with expensive habits.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3>Leave a review on\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/53188454.Iain_Ord\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://assets.netl.io/media/d5ed5795-39e6-4862-9167-0f51f304ec35.png\" alt=\"Goodreads logo\" width=\"400\">\u003C/a>\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>They never found her mother or Don or little Edie, but their names duly appeared on the list of casualties posted on the Town Hall wall. She went time and again to the temporary mortuary they set up in Romford Road Baths, to see whole families laid out on trays in the empty pool. Later, they brought her the things they had found. Her mother's handbag, her brother's penknife, and Patch's lead. She opened the bag, rifled through the lavender-smelling handkerchiefs, and then opened her mother's compact. She breathed deeply of the powder, of the mother smell, and collapsed on the floor of her kitchen.\u003C/p>","Iain Ord","Chapter 6","Want to stay in touch and get behind-the-scenes updates? Join my mailing list.","2024-08-16T11:21:24.871Z","About",{"bio":38,"quote":9,"title":38,"quote_title":9,"quote_subtitle":9,"newsletter_text":8,"newsletter_heading":8},{"page":52,"detail":6,"is_page":6,"sections":53,"template":55,"collection":56,"meta_title":63,"field_sections":64,"meta_description":31},"contact-page",[9,54],"Contact details","contact",{"id":57,"slug":55,"order":16,"fields":58,"created_at":62,"meta_title":31,"meta_description":31,"comment_moderation_status":32},"Am10yQ2QXoKDzRPp",{"quote":59,"title":60,"description":61,"quote_title":21,"quote_subtitle":27},"\u003Cp>When folk feared for their lives they threw off old restraints; consequences were no longer so important. And if these girls were anxious for a meal ticket to the States, they would be willing to put something on the hook, otherwise that old catfish, he wouldn't bite at all. And once the bait was taken, there would most likely be a posting elsewhere, and he need never see the girl again. And why shouldn't he take his pleasure where he could? He was gonna put his life on the line to save this goddam country; it was only fair he get some thing in return. Yeah, if he played his cards right and came through it unscathed, this war could be the best darn thing that ever happened to him.\u003C/p>","Send me a message","\u003Cp>If you would like to get in touch with me then email me at \u003Ca href=\"mailto:contact@iainordauthor.co.uk\">contact@iainordauthor.co.uk\u003C/a>, or use the contact form below. I will respond as soon as possible. Thank you.\u003C/p>","2024-08-16T11:22:17.455Z","Contact",{"quote":9,"title":54,"description":54,"quote_title":9,"quote_subtitle":9},{"page":66,"detail":67,"sections":68,"template":70,"collections":71,"field_sections":79},"book-page",false,[69],"Review","reviews",[72],{"id":73,"slug":74,"order":16,"fields":75,"created_at":78,"comment_moderation_status":32},"JdQDpKprNWOYXWEl","2403",{"name":76,"review":77,"approved":6},"Paul Mastaglio","\u003Cp>Fascinating insight into what life and attitudes were like during the Second World War in the 1940's. Through his main characters, Iain manages to show how their interactions led to the consequences they did. Chapter One is long but worth persevering with as the book settles in afterwards to bring the different characters into the narrative.\u003C/p>","2025-01-20T17:55:40.313Z",{"name":69,"review":69,"approved":69},{"page":66,"detail":6,"is_page":6,"sections":81,"template":84,"collection":85,"meta_title":95,"field_sections":96,"meta_description":31},[82,8,83,9],"Book details","Reviews","book",{"id":86,"slug":84,"order":16,"fields":87,"created_at":94,"meta_title":31,"meta_description":31,"comment_moderation_status":32},"MZb9ANv8a5K8ePJg",{"cover":19,"quote":88,"title":21,"pub_date":22,"synopsis":89,"quote_title":21,"retailer_url":25,"quote_subtitle":90,"newsletter_text":91,"reviews_heading":83,"newsletter_heading":29,"review_button_text":92,"reviews_empty_text":93,"retailer_button_text":26},"\u003Cp>Did some tigerish kernel lurk beneath that prim facade, was her naive enthusiasm and girlish gushing camouflage for something more adult? He was sure there was much passion, but would she, when it came to it, choke like blocked machine gun? He realised that what atrracted him to her was that not knowing, that challenge of tearing her out of her starched drawers, and seeing not only what she looked like shorn of the Utility dresses, but how she would behave.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>A harsh critic, one of them there Bible bashers, might say he wanted to corrupt her. But he didn't. He wanted her to corrupt herself out of her desire for him.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>It is March 1943, and the US 116th Infantry Regiment arrive in the Devon town of Chalford, reluctantly called upon to aid Britain in her fight against the Nazis and determined to take advantage of the romantic opportunities offered.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Emily France, whose boyfriend Tom is fighting in the desert, commences a relationship with one of the GIs, Larry Schultz. When black US troops arrive the racism of their white colleagues is revealed, and the town must wrestle with its conscience in deciding whether to implement segregation of blacks and whites.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>When Tom is invalided out of the army, and returns to Chalford, tragedy ensues.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Will the people of Chalford fight their personal prejudices to ensure justice prevails?\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Allies is a gripping and compelling story that represents a moral inquisition of a town faced with a dilemma of personal guilt, and examines the dubious motives displayed by those engaged in the struggle against Nazism.\u003C/p>","Chapter 9","Join my reader community.","Write a review","No reviews yet, be the first to write a review...","2024-08-16T11:22:01.039Z","Book",{"cover":82,"quote":9,"title":82,"pub_date":82,"synopsis":82,"quote_title":9,"retailer_url":82,"quote_subtitle":9,"newsletter_text":8,"reviews_heading":83,"newsletter_heading":8,"review_button_text":83,"reviews_empty_text":83,"retailer_button_text":82},1783443475858]