Serbia's Golgotha

'A sea of rags as far as the eye can see.'

In October 1915 the Austro-German invasion of Serbia resulted in around 400,000 Serb civilians and soldiers (and a few hundred British naval servicemen, doctors, and nurses) retreating across the Albanian Alps in mid-winter. En route over the high snowy mountains, pursued by the enemy and attacked by hostile locals, around 237,000 of them died from violence, cold and starvation. It was known to the Serbs as the Golgotha.

I want to tell the stories of eight people who took part in this cataclysmic event, interweaving their stories as they fought for survival in appalling conditions. They are boy soldiers, nurses, female doctors, British sailors, and even a British nurse-turned-soldier who fought in rearguard actions as a Sergeant in the Serbian army. They were extraordinary people engaged in an extraordinary struggle, and yet very little has been written about them.

I will soon be looking for a publisher, so please get in touch if you're in the publishing business and want an international best-seller on your hands.

tom@isitt.org.uk

Exodus - The Great Retreat of 1915

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