He had twenty years and more of active service behind him — from the trenches of World War 1, to a riot-torn India, and from the Spanish Civil War to a heroic rearguard action at Dunkirk.
His tactical brilliance and unquestioned courage played their part in those victories.
But there were other battles he had to fight — with the old guard who despised his unorthodox methods, with brother officers who could never accept a shopkeeper’s son as one of their own, and with the women whose love he jeopardised in his determination to succeed.
This is Miller’s story — a vivid, unforgettable portrait of a soldier.
