The Last Day of June

On the 30th June 1934, three young men stand on the brink of lifelong romances. Will they find happiness and success? The French farm labourer, the Cambridge student, the German School boy? First there was a hurdle to overcome, World War 2. It was also the day Adolph Hitler eliminated opposition and challengers to his position as leader of the Nazi party. The Night of the Long Knives when the descent into war became inevitable. Three narratives, each starting from an image inspired by a verse of the Al Stewart song 'The Last Day of June 1934' twist and cross over the years that follow. The decades roll past: dangerous times, a time for loving, sad times, times of joy. A story of lives lived and enduring love. A journey through the sixty years that saw Europe torn apart through warfare and rebuilt; from the viewpoints of three very different families! American reader Bryce Mclean, USA