'A Lamb to the Slaughter' is a gripping story of love and romance on the eve of war. The story twists and turns through the harrowing events that befall the couple. While it is ostensibly a work of fiction, it is based heavily on fact and the life of a real soldier from the Great War. It is not a read for the faint-hearted as it describes in stark detail the horrors of war and the societal changes it brought about in those desperate times that made every precious moment count.