Prior is assigned to a domestic intelligence unit and charged with the task of investigating a female pacifist who has been convicted of plotting to assassinate Prime Minister David Lloyd George. In this climate, Billy Prior, one of the protagonists in "Regeneration", has been released from treatment at Craiglockhart Military Hospital where Dr William Rivers (a character pulled from real life) has been evaluating his shell shock. This novel begins in the spring of 1918, after the German army has almost annihilated the British troops in the trenches of France both the British government and its people are baying for blood and in need of someone to blame for the success of the German offensive and two groups seem to be ideal scapegoats - pacifists and homosexuals. Known collectively as "The Regeneration Trilogy", each of the novels takes place during World War One and features the same central characters at their core, some entirely fictional, others embellished historical figures. The Eye in the Door is the second in a series of three anti-war novels written by acclaimed British author Pat Barker. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.
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