Growing up in the slums of East End London Charlie Trumper dreams of someday running his grandfathers fruit and vegetable barrow. That day comes suddenly when his grandfather dies leaving him the floundering business. With the help of Becky Salmon an enterprising young woman Charlie sets out to make a name for himself as The Honest Trader. But the brutal onset of World War I takes Charlie far from home and into the path of a dangerous enemy whose legacy of evil follows Charlie and his family for generations.
Encompassing three continents and spanning over sixty years As the Crow Flies brings to life a magnificent tale of one mans rise from rags to riches set against the backdrop of a changing century.
