Citadel of Ice Life and Death in a Glacier Fortress During World War I |
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Author:
| Macauley, Robie Macauley, Cameron |
ISBN: | 978-0-692-27654-9 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
Publisher: | Citadel of Ice
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $33.63 |
Book Description:
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In 1916 Captain Melchior von Fuchsheim is abruptly transferred from the horror of the trenches to a remote outpost in the Austrian Alps. There he is instructed to build an impregnable fortress beneath the massive Ortler Glacier, where the Austrians are locked in a stalemate against the Italians while battling nature's cruelest extremes of cold and altitude. But Major Stutz sees Melchior as a charlatan, and a struggle erupts as Melchior fights to defend the Jewish conscripts under his...
More DescriptionIn 1916 Captain Melchior von Fuchsheim is abruptly transferred from the horror of the trenches to a remote outpost in the Austrian Alps. There he is instructed to build an impregnable fortress beneath the massive Ortler Glacier, where the Austrians are locked in a stalemate against the Italians while battling nature's cruelest extremes of cold and altitude. But Major Stutz sees Melchior as a charlatan, and a struggle erupts as Melchior fights to defend the Jewish conscripts under his command, deep in the tunnels and caverns of the Eisfestung, the Citadel of Ice.