Wbile Cannons Roar follows from Tides of Fortune and is set against the background of the Crimean War 1853 - 1856 when a family of friends and neighbors follow the drums and perform their duties against the background of cannon thunder. Sir Martin Lonsdale's son, Jonathan as Major in the Richmondshire Rifles, leads action against the Russians at the bloody battle of Alma and during the long-suffering siege of Sevastopol.Joining the fray, fellow dalesman, Tom Moffat, joins forces with the renowned construction company of Peto Brassey & Betts tasked with laying out a railway from Balaklava harbor to the guns on the Heights. With love in her heart, Jonathan's sister, Amelia, takes one of Sir Martin's ships loaded with supplies to the war zone to be with her young husband and help the injured. The Rev Ebenezer Smith, searching for purpose, follows the example of a lady friend, volunteering to nurse the sick with Florence Nightingale, leaves his parishioners, to minister to the sick and wounded as padre to the Regiment. Together, they endure the hardships and tragedies of war and share the joy of ultimate victory.
