Yours is the Earth

An exciting journey through aerial dog fights and naval battles of W.W.1, Washington high society and diamond mining in South Africa, "something for everyone".

Three American brothers are growing up, after the unexpected death of their father, a year before the First World War. The youngest brother, Eddy, after finishing school in England, joins the Royal Flying Corp, sees action in northern France, is then seconded to the Royal Naval Air Services and sent to East Africa to tackle the German cruiser, Königsberg. Gerald, the middle brother and an opportunist, marries the heiress of a social climbing neighbour in Washington DC, to be able to continue his excessive gambling habits. After his father's funeral Chadwyck, the eldest, takes his mother to their estate in South Africa. There he gets involved in diamond mining, near Jagersfontein, where he meets Adelaide. His mother returns to Washington and later he and Adelaide are married, with tragic results. He joins the Cape Squadron of the Royal Navy and is posted to Mafia Island, where he is reunited with Eddy.

Fiction based on fact, the story develops with the three brothers playing a pivotal role in each others lives and the war in its separate parts.

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