The Last Coachman - Softcover

The year is 1916 and Britain is in danger of losing the war for want of ammunition. In Southern Scotland a gigantic munitions factory is being built by thousands of Irish navvies . In Ireland trouble is brewing and armed rebellion against British rule is imminent. Michael Quinlan, a coachman, is laid off due to the war and joins the men building the factory. He sees this as a way of helping his son fighting in Mesopotamia where the shortages are particularly bad. With another son, James, he becomes inadvertently involved in an Irish rebel plot to sabotage the factory and, from the ordered existence of a coachman he is trust into a world of plots and counter-plots.

John Michael Doyle (BA Hons. IEng, MIED) The author was born at Beaufort Co. Kerry, the son of an Irish father and English mother and lived there until moving to England at the age of 17. He worked in the engineering industry, mainly in aerospace, and served three years in the British Army. In 1988, the author graduated from the Open University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and achieved BA (Honours) three years later. He then joined the staff of The Institution of Engineering Designers with responsibility for Continuing Professional Development. In 1998, John was appointed as Associate Lecturer at The Open University in the field of Professional and Career Development in Engineering. In 2005, the author retired but continued to work for the OU in a consultancy capacity. John has always had an interest in history and hobbies, which now include writing, walking and photography. The author is married to Shireen and has one daughter, two granddaughters and a dog