The Night Before Morning, Alistair Moffat
The Night Before Morning, Alistair Moffat
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The Night Before Morning

Author: Alistair Moffat

Narrator: Grant Cartwright

Unabridged: 7 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/01/2022


Synopsis

June 1945. Hitler has triumphed, Britain is under German occupation and America cowers under the threat of nuclear attack.

In the dead of night, a figure flits through the ruins of Dryburgh Abbey, searching for a hidden document he knows could change the course of history. The journal he discovers, by a young soldier, David Erskine, records an extraordinary story.

When the Allies drive the Germans out of France and victory seems imminent, Erskine is in Antwerp, where he witnesses a world-changing reversal of fortune. From a high vantage point, he watches a huge mushroom cloud rise over London: an atomic bomb has been detonated by the Germans in a last desperate roll of the dice.

Captor becomes captive and Erskine is held as a POW in his own land. As the brutal grip of the occupying forces tightens, he is determined to join the resistance. A daring escape leads him and his fiancée Katie on a breathless chase to the university town of St. Andrews, where the Germans have established a secret research laboratory. When it becomes clear what its purpose is, David, Katie, and their small, trusted band must adopt a desperate and audacious plan to thwart Nazi domination . . .

About Alistair Moffat

Alistair Moffat was born in Kelso, Scotland. He is an award-winning writer, historian, and director of programs at Scottish Television. He was director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and former rector of the University of St Andrews. He is the founder of Borders Book Festival and cochairman of The Great Tapestry of Scotland. His many books include The Highland Clans, To the Island of Tides: A Journey to Lindisfarne, and The Hidden Ways: Scotland's Forgotten Roads, shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards.


Reviews

I really wanted to like this a lot more but, to be honest, I had serious problems with the occasional naivety of the story, the lack of factual elements (our heroes and heroines can travel very easily in Nazi-occupied Britain - no need for travel passes or ID Cards, and you can get hold of guns like......more

Goodreads review by Shirley

The Alternative War The narrator at the beginning of the book was hard to understand at first as the accent was very dramatic, but it got better throughout the book and I could understand with ease. It was a story written about an event in WWII that could have happened in an alternative history of WW......more

Goodreads review by Ira

As I enjoy alternate history novels, along with the recent spate of WW2 historical fiction, I was interested in listening to The Night Before Morning. For me, the book was a decent effort, but nothing memorable. The basic story line revolves around the exploits of David Erskine, a Scottish military o......more

Goodreads review by Star

Moffat seals my dislike for alternate history. Some subjects are not to be mocked and are off limits. I'm disappointed in myself for not looking at this more closely before placing a request to read. The story itself moves slowly, and anyone with WW II knowledge will recognize that Moffat's story is......more

Goodreads review by Kristin

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an AudioARC in exchange for an honest review. Historical fiction is something that has always tickled my fancy, but this alternate reality was a hard pill to swallow. While I knew the premise going in, the atrocities that could have become reality sent my......more