Hardback. SIGNED. 'The eponymous event in 'The Hanging of Floss Forsyth, Book 1: Violence' provides the author William Gates with a springboard to expound on various, more cosmic occurrences in the history of the British Empire and the world. This wide-ranging novel deals graphically with the trench warfare of World War 1, as seen through the eyes of first-person participants from both the Allied and the German side; with the activities of certain monarchs of Western and Third-World countries; and with naval and desert encounters that occurred in World War II. The narrator of each section reveals much about himself and his attitudes through the descriptions of other characters, relationships, and events that are brought alive to the reader by their richness of detail.' With Maps. 322pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. in sl. sunned nr. f. dw. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.